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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 3-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--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

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 66021 4251 4764 798 1580 5318 4580 15626 5053 5284 66021 14970 36610 14442 45090 4483 20931 10748 9959 11247 16296 24662 13817
Telephone available 70601 4294 5312 873 1730 6010 4953 16992 5305 5883 70601 16333 38872 15396 48270 4721 22330 11396 10675 12725 17500 26072 14303
Usable fireplace 31593 2613 987 209 380 1859 1647 6444 2560 1579 31593 6947 19755 4892 22537 1485 9056 5520 3407 4872 6957 11115 8649
Separate dining room 41317 2757 1572 496 824 3758 2569 9274 3010 2960 41317 10064 23760 7493 29818 2466 11499 6334 5027 8725 9903 15041 7648
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 28149 2179 927 188 416 1990 1353 5871 2120 1327 28149 5929 17058 5162 19920 1739 8229 4705 3423 4920 7224 9809 6196
Garage or carport included with home 54664 3913 1782 564 936 3500 3799 13341 4388 3721 54664 12506 31255 10903 39034 3761 15631 8313 7142 8639 15121 17923 12981
Not included 17460 754 3732 368 857 2677 1301 3967 1216 2320 17460 4150 8421 4889 10171 1071 7289 3387 3818 4273 2743 8750 1694
Off-street parking included 15057 728 3453 268 734 2148 1132 3288 1103 1949 15057 2960 7714 4383 8309 895 6748 3177 3488 3212 2339 7995 1510
Off-street parking not reported 9 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 9 5 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
Garage or carport not reported 113 5 0 0 2 16 7 42 6 17 113 45 48 20 103 12 11 2 9 52 25 26 11

Cars and Trucks Available@1

No cars, trucks, or vans		 2416 81 270 130 150 495 178 1536 119 712 2416 926 925 565 1831 205 585 223 360 659 486 955 317
Other households without cars 9031 704 998 83 285 532 784 1456 821 830 9031 1809 4666 2556 5379 715 3652 1795 1841 988 2381 3839 1823
1 car with or without trucks or vans 33952 2192 2942 445 852 2940 2293 10241 2613 3273 33952 8041 17976 7935 22861 2456 11091 5460 5480 5754 8600 13051 6547
2 cars 19894 1325 1040 209 367 1707 1288 3456 1635 994 19894 4466 11884 3544 14260 1097 5634 3118 2447 4083 4753 6694 4364
3 or more cars 6946 371 264 65 141 519 564 662 420 250 6946 1460 4273 1213 4977 372 1969 1106 841 1480 1669 2160 1636
With cars, no trucks or vans 30837 1838 1952 447 717 3026 1934 9556 2482 2786 30837 8162 17625 5049 23719 1859 7118 3822 3191 6950 7350 10368 6169
1 truck or van with or without cars 26825 1882 2248 254 649 1984 1980 4758 2194 1840 26825 5591 14662 6571 17119 1926 9706 4935 4645 3877 6839 10565 5543
2 or more trucks or vans 12160 872 1045 100 278 688 1014 1500 814 720 12160 2021 6512 3627 6638 854 5522 2722 2774 1478 3214 4811 2657

Owner or Manager on Property

Rental, multiunit@8		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Owner or manager lives on property 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neither owner nor manager lives
on property		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 409 6 48 26 57 60 73 85 15 75 409 156 177 76 328 22 81 27 54 20 24 238 127
Signs of mice in last 3 months 3864 156 511 90 271 452 259 755 232 463 3864 724 1885 1254 1834 204 2031 952 1051 904 864 1480 616
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 187 12 18 10 23 28 17 23 33 31 187 46 93 48 116 9 71 32 39 38 10 101 37
Holes in floors 420 17 74 37 153 66 46 81 70 68 420 136 190 94 273 25 147 75 69 68 83 188 81
Open cracks or holes (interior) 2665 135 263 87 557 371 217 444 269 363 2665 784 1276 605 1835 207 830 431 398 454 685 1052 475
Broken plaster or peeling paint
(interior)		 1098 10 87 63 371 210 90 216 71 173 1098 400 440 258 788 92 310 138 166 230 299 389 180
No electrical wiring 45 8 4 36 2 2 0 8 10 16 45 3 22 20 11 0 33 13 20 3 18 15 9
Exposed wiring 390 19 15 25 13 28 49 88 29 53 390 103 217 71 276 27 115 71 44 107 79 146 58
Rooms without electric outlets 837 52 51 65 46 117 61 172 68 89 837 192 418 227 573 75 264 112 153 217 182 308 130

Water Leakage During Last 12 Months

No leakage from inside structure		 66397 4414 4971 826 1306 5586 4717 16355 5040 5507 66397 15226 36644 14526 45158 4422 21238 10894 10103 11874 16569 24524 13429
With leakage from inside structure@1 4816 217 485 94 430 494 350 714 499 392 4816 1209 2526 1081 3414 346 1402 652 735 854 1061 1823 1077
Fixtures backed up or overflowed 1529 65 125 43 142 157 128 187 148 108 1529 401 893 235 1164 90 365 215 144 243 375 527 384
Pipes leaked 1980 90 247 42 217 223 163 307 218 208 1980 435 984 561 1298 172 681 283 389 392 363 789 435
Broken water heater 571 10 106 19 28 56 35 102 37 76 571 154 222 195 393 59 178 42 136 59 128 283 102
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 1062 57 54 20 82 84 76 160 125 66 1062 308 568 186 790 55 272 141 131 215 267 357 224
Interior leakage not reported 1026 42 58 11 59 113 40 281 71 159 1026 266 554 206 735 75 291 156 131 236 259 352 180

No leakage from outside structure		 63327 4332 4788 796 1155 5338 4619 15594 4983 5251 63327 14652 34939 13736 43379 4175 19948 10161 9561 10769 15381 23674 13504
With leakage from outside structure@1 7888 306 658 125 582 746 449 1483 558 649 7888 1783 4241 1863 5202 593 2686 1389 1270 1957 2247 2673 1011
Roof 3643 119 469 77 370 410 306 719 265 367 3643 902 1839 902 2263 241 1380 700 661 680 739 1628 596
Basement 3028 82 21 30 113 250 72 562 170 167 3028 656 1653 720 2080 269 948 495 450 1092 1335 494 108
Walls, closed windows, or doors 1216 88 135 26 113 123 74 145 102 117 1216 293 698 225 843 73 373 212 151 232 337 428 219
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 863 39 100 24 86 81 45 168 72 74 863 186 490 188 602 60 261 128 129 178 160 351 174
Exterior leakage not reported 1023 34 68 11 57 108 39 272 68 158 1023 265 544 214 727 76 296 153 138 238 261 352 172

Overall Opinion of Structure

1 (worst)		 162 4 57 11 22 27 1 45 12 59 162 41 60 61 74 4 87 25 56 25 25 73 38
2 102 3 34 6 10 7 0 22 9 21 102 16 53 33 49 0 53 20 33 13 28 40 21
3 287 5 79 17 33 26 11 54 26 50 287 77 158 53 167 4 120 72 49 36 61 141 48
4 384 2 79 14 43 40 13 71 28 59 384 116 152 116 243 32 141 57 84 47 76 152 109
5 2443 82 386 75 173 348 223 549 188 333 2443 669 1128 646 1636 202 808 357 444 423 615 983 422
6 2815 81 346 37 189 289 210 497 277 237 2815 762 1405 648 2005 262 810 411 386 506 715 975 619
7 8419 323 772 137 218 711 577 1327 615 598 8419 2188 4458 1773 6035 595 2385 1184 1178 1484 2220 2892 1823
8 20014 1044 1232 234 402 1512 1449 4160 1443 1416 20014 4789 10893 4332 14161 1427 5853 2866 2905 3612 5027 7255 4121
9 12265 822 656 112 218 976 830 2781 953 813 12265 2745 7065 2455 8483 757 3782 2036 1698 2191 3115 4339 2621
10 (best) 22114 2141 1663 239 389 1958 1607 7067 1841 2029 22114 4490 12481 5142 14133 1398 7980 4158 3745 3898 5216 8639 4360
Not reported 3234 165 210 49 99 300 185 777 218 443 3234 808 1872 554 2322 163 912 516 391 729 792 1209 504

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 932 27 60 932 0 167 79 244 65 177 932 272 444 215 638 50 294 129 165 229 241 323 139
Plumbing 691 17 24 691 0 110 55 214 42 124 691 212 335 144 498 40 193 89 104 189 174 234 93
Heating 183 4 27 183 0 42 21 21 6 35 183 48 91 43 123 10 60 26 34 35 42 74 32
Electric 62 10 4 62 0 7 3 9 17 25 62 9 27 26 13 0 48 22 26 7 29 12 15
Upkeep 24 0 8 24 0 11 0 4 3 13 24 9 3 12 12 0 12 0 12 0 5 14 5
Hallways 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 1795 43 172 0 1795 453 251 487 148 373 1795 534 651 610 1105 204 690 283 406 223 236 1176 161
Plumbing 49 7 3 0 49 6 11 9 7 9 49 15 27 7 40 3 10 5 4 3 15 26 5
Heating 958 8 116 0 958 314 170 340 39 260 958 227 277 455 454 137 504 186 318 17 19 901 22
Upkeep 565 7 59 0 565 114 48 85 54 102 565 198 232 135 401 53 164 82 82 130 133 217 84
Hallways 7 0 0 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 7 4 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0
Kitchen 261 20 5 0 261 39 29 65 56 19 261 104 128 29 227 11 34 16 18 70 69 73 50
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@8Two or more units of any tenure in the structure.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@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