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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 3-2. Height and Condition of Building--Owner Occupied Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black alone Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Total		 72238 4673 5514 932 1795 6193 5106 17350 5609 6058 72238 16701 39724 15813 49307 4844 22931 11702 10969 12964 17889 26699 14686

Stories in Structure@18

1		 25777 1521 0 357 925 2638 3085 7244 2040 2643 25777 6757 13147 5873 18162 2062 7615 3720 3811 900 3015 14377 7485
2 22715 1623 0 257 363 1477 1040 5202 1822 1507 22715 4793 13224 4698 15755 1462 6960 3679 3237 4275 7390 6319 4732
3 15560 917 0 198 264 1285 566 2884 1123 848 15560 3665 9231 2664 11476 890 4083 2285 1774 5938 5918 2471 1233
4 to 6 2246 75 0 44 65 210 115 504 159 138 2246 763 1244 239 1948 106 298 163 133 1140 579 340 186
7 or more 426 4 0 16 6 45 26 152 39 28 426 290 134 2 423 2 3 3 0 235 53 90 49

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3103 144 0 89 163 313 308 917 341 263 3103 1417 1539 147 2953 101 150 98 46 1122 696 695 591
None (on same floor) 1262 74 0 45 53 107 107 340 140 92 1262 511 665 86 1175 54 86 48 32 444 275 268 274
1 (up or down) 722 40 0 17 45 83 92 199 83 67 722 326 369 27 676 16 46 35 11 263 166 147 146
2 or more (up or down) 1120 30 0 26 64 124 109 379 118 105 1120 580 506 34 1102 31 18 15 3 415 255 279 171

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3103 144 0 89 163 313 308 917 341 263 3103 1417 1539 147 2953 101 150 98 46 1122 696 695 591
No common stairways 402 26 0 5 18 34 56 72 59 29 402 163 218 21 380 18 22 14 2 89 95 114 104
With common stairways 2605 112 0 81 140 269 244 822 275 225 2605 1210 1274 121 2482 78 123 79 43 999 583 549 474
No loose steps 2336 98 0 66 114 243 204 740 245 202 2336 1060 1161 115 2222 74 114 73 41 886 534 494 422
Railings not loose 1872 70 0 49 90 190 166 597 187 159 1872 859 924 89 1793 69 80 59 20 702 432 405 334
Railings loose 394 26 0 18 22 48 35 127 42 34 394 176 200 19 372 1 22 4 18 149 90 82 73
No railings 54 2 0 0 2 2 3 11 13 4 54 17 30 7 44 4 10 7 3 25 9 7 13
Status of railings not reported 16 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 4 5 16 9 7 0 13 0 2 2 0 10 3 0 2
Loose steps 269 14 0 15 26 26 40 82 29 23 269 151 112 6 261 4 9 6 2 113 49 55 52
Railings not loose 251 14 0 14 14 22 39 78 28 19 251 142 102 6 245 4 6 4 2 108 40 55 48
Railings loose 18 0 0 1 12 4 1 4 1 4 18 8 10 0 16 0 2 2 0 5 9 0 4
No railings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Status of railings not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 96 6 0 2 5 10 8 23 7 9 96 44 47 5 91 5 5 5 0 34 18 31 12

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 3402 158 0 99 173 328 368 1048 364 302 3402 1488 1731 183 3238 133 164 108 50 1143 733 826 700
No public halls 519 21 0 7 23 12 77 149 52 34 519 145 334 40 480 28 39 25 12 106 85 178 150
No light fixtures in public halls 83 5 0 0 9 11 2 18 11 7 83 32 48 2 80 2 2 2 0 9 38 11 24
All in working order 2503 105 0 75 122 265 251 810 254 230 2503 1182 1202 118 2395 90 108 76 28 913 560 557 472
Some in working order 23 4 0 1 1 4 6 2 6 1 23 11 10 2 23 2 0 0 0 3 4 13 3
None in working order 158 18 0 11 13 20 18 43 30 16 158 65 77 16 148 6 10 0 10 70 28 35 26
Not reported 117 6 0 4 5 15 14 27 11 14 117 53 59 5 112 5 5 5 0 42 18 31 25

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3103 144 0 89 163 313 308 917 341 263 3103 1417 1539 147 2953 101 150 98 46 1122 696 695 591
With 1 or more elevators working 829 26 0 24 30 65 69 355 85 75 829 425 396 8 824 8 6 6 0 309 141 255 124
With elevator, none in working condition 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
No elevator 2269 118 0 64 132 248 238 562 256 188 2269 990 1139 139 2125 94 144 92 46 813 554 439 463
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 102 10 0 4 13 18 8 8 15 7 102 62 37 3 102 3 0 0 0 32 41 15 14

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 63322 3982 0 773 1451 5328 4464 14938 4819 4862 63322 14778 35250 13293 44527 4389 18795 9741 8904 11344 16221 22770 12986
With basement under all of building 21908 1241 0 267 266 1748 726 5039 1377 1383 21908 4973 12554 4380 15465 1482 6443 3504 2898 7550 9437 3351 1570
With basement under part of building 7701 209 0 95 146 306 238 1849 529 487 7701 1293 4337 2071 4974 614 2727 1260 1457 2175 3178 1369 978
With crawl space 15506 683 0 236 744 1512 1222 4202 1092 1587 15506 3511 7264 4731 9563 1482 5942 2673 3249 657 2263 7951 4634
On concrete slab 17909 1831 0 167 286 1746 2271 3779 1796 1368 17909 4950 10916 2043 14344 797 3564 2240 1246 929 1279 9964 5737
Other 299 17 0 8 9 17 8 69 25 37 299 51 180 68 181 14 118 63 54 33 64 135 67

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1312 13 208 57 189 161 115 230 122 230 1312 289 608 416 793 126 519 229 290 227 334 510 241
Missing roofing material 2019 41 99 90 164 182 188 390 151 238 2019 514 979 527 1331 163 688 322 364 365 518 680 456
Hole in roof 1016 11 171 64 181 169 102 221 61 174 1016 269 493 254 624 85 392 219 169 121 224 458 212
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1488 39 137 66 193 198 139 246 142 250 1488 398 625 465 899 140 589 257 325 304 439 491 253
Sloping outside walls 708 12 122 38 125 110 74 100 94 146 708 159 331 217 393 52 314 139 166 93 161 338 115
Boarded up windows 438 7 55 29 51 60 63 60 51 107 438 158 178 102 299 27 139 64 75 50 97 193 98
Broken windows 2115 35 311 81 214 328 211 341 142 369 2115 577 931 607 1346 175 770 333 432 326 537 835 418
Bars on windows 2071 23 40 48 107 624 538 651 116 250 2071 1275 719 77 1955 31 117 71 46 325 222 826 699
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1564 42 56 59 177 181 92 277 135 205 1564 445 639 480 1012 126 552 190 354 326 485 477 275
None of the above 61540 4429 4648 672 1067 4703 3888 15071 4832 4707 61540 13280 34735 13525 41747 4142 19793 10180 9383 10992 15293 22864 12391
Not reported 1758 87 82 27 44 188 135 374 118 211 1758 460 999 299 1283 102 474 276 196 405 457 605 290

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 5514 532 5514 60 172 537 274 1364 426 894 5514 435 2743 2336 1543 322 3972 1853 2015 477 934 3102 1001
First site 3766 442 3766 32 84 407 146 1035 114 505 3766 326 1844 1596 1084 233 2682 1242 1363 340 602 2083 740
Moved from another site 1101 65 1101 16 74 99 69 224 63 257 1101 48 511 542 203 52 898 386 490 80 199 729 93
Don't know 257 13 257 7 9 23 22 27 52 41 257 17 169 71 96 11 160 101 59 15 53 115 74
Not reported 391 12 391 4 4 8 36 79 197 91 391 44 219 128 159 26 232 124 102 42 80 175 94

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 15671 4673 2490 118 145 1299 992 2025 2167 933 15671 2352 10153 3166 8857 626 6814 4126 2540 1520 3311 7344 3496
Not previously occupied 9505 3673 1550 61 88 816 573 1300 1078 543 9505 1273 6111 2122 4927 352 4578 2738 1770 892 2011 4663 1938
Not reported 145 51 49 0 7 19 14 20 42 11 145 33 92 20 83 4 62 40 16 22 26 72 25
@18Figures exclude manufactured/mobile homes.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: May 27, 2005