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American Housing Survey for the United States: 1997


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Table 3-20. Income of Families and Primary Individuals by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Characteristics
Total Zero to
negative
$1 to
$4,999
$5,000
to
$9,999
$10,000
to
$14,999
$15,000
to
$19,999
$20,000
to
$29,999
$30,000
to
$39,999
$40,000
to
$59,999
$60,000
to
$79,999
$80,000
to
$99,999
$100,000
to
$119,999
$120,000
or more
Median

Total
65487 1207 1869 3625 4273 4086 8048 7725 13138 8996 4912 2736 4872 42907

Units in Structure

1, detached
53756 924 1461 2699 3226 3042 6203 6068 10943 7909 4417 2509 4356 45949
1, attached 3030 89 92 122 141 189 386 395 653 365 267 111 220 43084
2 to 4 1756 29 63 90 116 147 264 231 363 215 93 49 96 37285
5 to 9 491 7 10 14 54 18 81 72 106 66 21 25 17 38443
10 to 19 319 6 5 14 28 25 52 31 58 47 13 0 38 39166
20 to 49 355 4 23 15 22 26 68 53 58 32 18 15 22 33882
50 or more 524 15 18 32 40 39 62 67 99 59 22 15 55 38297
Mobile home or trailer 5255 133 196 638 646 600 932 808 857 302 61 13 69 24449

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5000-
1995 to 1999 3361 43 39 73 192 157 315 360 721 605 309 160 387 53916
1990 to 1994 5282 75 130 171 210 199 465 609 1198 881 423 324 596 53034
1985 to 1989 5177 71 94 161 215 195 461 569 1087 891 511 298 623 55107
1980 to 1984 4343 82 96 164 194 274 518 484 899 634 418 226 354 47995
1975 to 1979 6949 113 183 305 356 362 814 768 1484 1129 571 304 561 47737
1970 to 1974 6189 113 173 399 413 358 741 741 1304 880 426 252 390 42411
1960 to 1969 9453 199 306 509 625 587 1242 1149 1856 1212 811 379 579 41181
1950 to 1959 8878 155 278 566 758 698 1256 1134 1651 1073 527 300 481 36421
1940 to 1949 4602 90 151 362 423 400 738 529 802 504 260 144 198 32565
1930 to 1939 3268 81 95 282 235 244 465 385 641 366 191 89 195 36019
1920 to 1929 2880 63 120 197 222 180 361 374 543 321 202 111 187 37935
1919 or earlier 5106 120 204 436 429 432 672 623 953 501 264 149 322 34151
Median 1968 1964 1962 1959 1961 1961 1964 1967 1970 1972 1972 1973 1975 ...

Rooms

1 room
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 84324
2 rooms 100 3 10 21 8 5 12 12 20 5 0 0 4 22846
3 rooms 1037 24 55 153 100 133 171 121 141 80 24 15 20 23050
4 rooms 6996 188 277 848 875 728 1220 894 1049 507 146 80 183 24764
5 rooms 14828 292 508 1131 1381 1212 2339 2054 2957 1639 670 233 413 32685
6 rooms 16415 320 487 772 968 1031 2134 2107 3901 2313 1080 576 725 41988
7 rooms 11900 214 236 383 509 551 1160 1338 2695 1980 1259 605 968 51562
8 rooms 7615 79 146 176 230 240 588 747 1423 1407 938 629 1013 62554
9 rooms 3856 48 106 55 117 117 264 280 627 648 485 331 779 69723
10 rooms or more 2736 41 45 84 84 69 161 172 325 416 306 267 766 78642
Median 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.3 7.6 ...

Bedrooms

None
41 0 5 2 0 5 2 0 8 5 8 0 5 53298
1 1846 35 95 252 209 219 275 208 264 143 56 22 66 24090
2 14340 386 560 1419 1444 1297 2388 1908 2426 1246 466 258 541 28642
3 33800 580 881 1504 2050 2056 4121 4189 7660 4935 2611 1327 1886 43967
4 or more 15461 207 328 448 570 509 1261 1419 2780 2667 1770 1128 2374 61567
Median 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 ...

Complete Bathrooms

None
319 21 16 57 25 28 42 40 34 27 8 8 13 22819
1 19801 490 825 1977 2055 1864 3319 2612 3507 1763 642 338 409 28105
1 and one-half 11628 185 306 578 738 763 1495 1482 2569 1671 921 385 535 42080
2 or more 33739 512 722 1013 1455 1431 3192 3591 7028 5535 3341 2005 3915 54099

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace
41977 690 1016 2068 2653 2514 5219 5093 8551 5948 3225 1762 3239 44062
Steam or hot water system 7143 120 232 312 374 416 712 778 1325 1017 721 390 747 49477
Electric heat pump 7750 166 219 268 411 374 863 881 1757 1225 617 406 564 47893
Built-in electric units 2093 34 66 107 144 143 330 274 470 244 127 55 99 38127
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot air
units without ducts
2533 73 86 279 263 215 368 263 452 255 99 70 111 29539
Room heaters with flue 859 30 51 169 137 73 136 79 96 37 12 12 26 17851
Room heaters without flue 1031 26 67 204 128 123 174 121 126 49 7 3 3 18676
Portable electric heaters 377 9 32 61 27 90 55 37 38 13 7 5 2 18280
Stoves 944 37 52 92 79 76 102 112 191 118 46 5 35 33059
Fireplaces with inserts 122 4 2 2 12 10 15 12 27 15 15 5 5 43696
Fireplaces without inserts 54 3 6 0 2 2 12 12 5 8 2 0 3 31891
Other 326 9 25 42 31 28 35 31 54 40 7 19 6 28264
Cooking stove 45 0 5 9 2 5 12 5 5 0 3 0 0 21467
None 232 7 9 12 10 18 18 27 42 28 23 5 33 47198

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company
55547 986 1550 3049 3609 3428 6749 6630 11045 7662 4224 2371 4245 43210
Well serving 1 to 5 units 9608 210 295 533 632 628 1229 1072 2037 1314 679 363 617 42008
Drilled 8354 184 248 442 490 542 1062 916 1799 1191 615 309 556 43251
Dug 744 7 24 65 90 45 111 101 143 72 31 35 21 33077
Not reported 510 19 22 27 53 41 57 54 94 51 32 19 40 36699
Other 332 12 24 43 32 30 69 22 56 21 9 2 10 23488

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer
45920 783 1211 2338 2935 2833 5621 5356 9224 6387 3613 1957 3664 44086
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 19507 413 653 1273 1328 1245 2420 2369 3912 2610 1296 779 1208 40260
Other 61 11 5 14 10 8 7 0 2 0 3 0 0 9980

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel
65252 1200 1860 3613 4263 4068 8030 7698 13096 8965 4889 2731 4839 42891
Electricity 16746 351 503 783 1094 1064 2166 2027 3632 2338 1116 649 1022 42114
Piped gas 35145 564 856 1840 2109 2103 4197 4056 7015 5020 2878 1570 2937 45267
Bottled gas 4424 80 191 408 380 296 641 601 790 492 206 119 221 33597
Fuel oil 6593 130 200 358 483 419 741 723 1199 835 569 362 574 44055
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 485 17 33 90 76 42 56 68 77 14 7 0 2 18055
Coal or coke 171 2 5 18 14 28 18 16 26 26 5 0 13 30973
Wood 1513 53 63 114 105 113 196 173 329 208 86 17 58 36534
Solar energy 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 4 3 2 3 59774
Other 152 3 9 3 2 4 15 28 21 27 19 12 9 51558

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel
65363 1207 1856 3611 4261 4077 8034 7711 13119 8987 4899 2736 4864 42932
Electricity 39819 751 1045 1928 2390 2358 4817 4632 8445 5654 3041 1776 2983 44709
Piped gas 21732 364 630 1330 1525 1429 2601 2583 4056 2937 1699 878 1701 41996
Bottled gas 3722 82 176 350 336 283 602 489 600 392 154 82 175 30650
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 2 2 0 3 51722
Coal or coke 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7500
Wood 39 10 3 2 2 5 7 2 5 0 3 0 0 17555
Other 27 0 2 0 8 2 5 2 2 3 0 0 3 22680

Persons

1 person
12992 439 775 2048 1904 1293 2081 1427 1677 713 228 137 271 20179
2 persons 23178 506 701 1024 1505 1775 3357 3119 4607 2721 1463 861 1540 38723
3 persons 11074 98 179 291 385 513 1135 1257 2562 1938 1079 586 1052 53108
4 persons 11080 93 113 144 248 295 861 1094 2634 2323 1374 702 1198 60500
5 persons 4669 40 56 67 164 111 369 489 1134 884 519 283 553 58315
6 persons 1568 22 30 40 16 58 166 179 341 255 175 121 166 56063
7 persons or more 928 11 15 12 51 40 80 160 184 163 74 46 93 50348
Median 2.4 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 ...

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more person households
52495 768 1094 1577 2369 2793 5968 6298 11461 8283 4684 2599 4601 49389
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives
42221 540 711 937 1525 1901 4241 4701 9468 7336 4216 2385 4258 53841
Under 25 years 433 6 12 27 13 28 114 72 107 31 14 5 6 32438
25 to 29 years 1919 10 8 12 48 49 236 244 669 323 139 75 107 50546
30 to 34 years 3883 26 23 10 44 63 294 504 1104 853 408 221 332 57688
35 to 44 years 10987 59 82 108 165 206 700 1071 2839 2455 1299 711 1291 62137
45 to 64 years 16675 186 283 321 387 501 1204 1492 3526 3116 2136 1261 2262 62804
65 years and over 8323 252 305 458 868 1054 1694 1318 1223 558 221 112 261 27229
Other male householder 3755 81 109 117 190 241 578 586 794 470 261 114 213 39567
Under 45 years 1906 38 41 31 71 126 335 341 417 261 124 44 77 39099
45 to 64 years 1293 27 36 50 54 72 152 158 287 178 104 55 121 46862
65 years and over 556 16 32 37 65 43 92 86 90 31 33 15 16 29272
Other female householder 6519 147 273 523 654 651 1148 1011 1200 478 207 99 129 28812
Under 45 years 2708 77 130 190 292 285 528 443 438 170 63 40 51 27181
45 to 64 years 2444 40 80 149 169 202 381 396 581 218 117 50 62 35099
65 years and over 1368 30 63 184 193 163 239 172 181 89 27 9 16 22080
1-person households 12992 439 775 2048 1904 1293 2081 1427 1677 713 228 137 271 20179
Male householder 4754 158 190 357 448 453 848 610 873 396 159 79 182 29090
Under 45 years 1869 51 38 64 60 173 377 296 436 181 74 36 84 35820
45 to 64 years 1519 69 64 86 109 97 244 183 309 183 75 34 65 34911
65 years and over 1366 38 88 206 279 183 228 131 129 32 10 9 33 16950
Female householder 8239 281 585 1691 1456 840 1232 817 803 317 69 58 89 15631
Under 45 year 1094 41 46 49 45 77 205 230 247 87 24 10 34 33701
45 to 64 years 2264 104 118 239 258 223 414 327 337 150 29 31 35 24592
65 years and over 4880 136 421 1403 1154 540 613 260 219 80 16 17 21 12079

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years
43523 1033 1579 3270 3645 3368 6031 5222 7821 4789 2650 1506 2610 35430
With own children under 18 years 21964 174 290 355 628 718 2017 2503 5317 4208 2262 1230 2262 56160
Under 6 years only 4327 40 45 57 97 144 402 460 1137 774 434 237 499 56136
1 2668 21 27 45 77 114 252 283 677 457 266 143 305 55203
2 1463 18 16 12 10 23 136 148 407 287 153 79 173 58062
3 or more 197 0 2 0 10 7 15 29 53 30 15 15 20 53266
6 to 17 years only 13478 81 174 213 372 439 1229 1517 3181 2674 1435 790 1373 57067
1 6071 35 101 115 208 208 592 681 1364 1177 599 366 625 56064
2 5463 32 49 61 122 161 467 576 1348 1153 638 313 543 58757
3 or more 1944 14 23 37 42 70 171 260 469 344 198 111 205 55127
Both age groups 4158 54 70 85 159 135 385 526 999 759 393 202 391 53301
2 2041 19 20 49 66 83 180 264 461 402 222 99 176 54698
3 or more 2117 35 50 36 93 52 205 262 538 357 171 103 215 52105

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100
1182 80 100 316 190 117 142 72 76 51 23 7 7 12485
$100 to $199 7844 241 440 1154 1143 919 1322 866 1059 444 121 47 87 20187
$200 to $249 5067 129 211 509 542 505 930 655 860 433 129 83 81 26859
$250 to $299 4796 110 186 366 444 394 749 662 937 480 232 110 127 32262
$300 to $349 3669 88 126 242 313 325 582 539 692 339 192 101 130 32936
$350 to $399 3267 62 111 191 280 287 522 404 548 371 192 116 182 34441
$400 to $449 2896 53 112 152 225 253 431 429 553 311 160 81 136 35172
$450 to $499 2472 44 67 117 185 199 349 294 507 325 146 90 149 39350
$500 to $599 4612 62 115 158 326 287 774 690 1014 557 252 134 243 38460
$600 to $699 4251 72 94 106 166 211 608 666 1130 629 273 129 168 43598
$700 to $799 3792 46 63 87 118 152 452 583 1110 583 274 124 200 47107
$800 to $999 6402 60 77 76 110 175 506 849 1915 1336 601 275 422 54078
$1,000 to $1,249 5249 54 55 59 91 109 290 460 1318 1305 767 378 364 62894
$1,250 to $1,499 3602 31 32 36 38 60 156 225 691 846 621 322 543 72561
$1,500 or more 6386 76 80 56 101 92 235 331 729 987 929 739 2031 90898
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5000-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 533 325 299 233 279 316 378 490 628 795 953 1046 1313 ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs
568 346 319 246 296 336 402 520 664 833 991 1106 1356 ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs
530 325 299 233 279 316 377 488 624 783 942 1032 1301 ...

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent
4433 3 5 7 29 35 138 185 788 950 609 443 1242 82527
5 to 9 percent 11438 2 12 52 164 317 1208 1666 3138 1982 1045 637 1215 54644
10 to 14 percent 11246 13 15 213 462 764 1657 1438 2082 1674 1124 627 1179 50200
15 to 19 percent 10232 0 15 329 623 676 1175 1030 2345 1824 1020 490 704 50812
20 to 24 percent 7556 8 30 349 578 459 906 926 1918 1206 599 287 290 45439
25 to 29 percent 5198 8 28 355 442 426 761 806 1201 672 274 106 121 37189
30 to 34 percent 3486 8 32 361 346 317 625 625 667 305 90 53 59 30868
35 to 39 percent 2109 7 28 304 308 215 369 312 307 136 60 36 26 25181
40 to 49 percent 2618 7 65 429 385 281 518 336 377 130 46 23 20 22731
50 to 59 percent 1470 0 69 259 312 208 238 187 121 44 19 8 7 17299
60 to 69 percent 843 0 38 211 188 101 132 59 74 19 7 10 5 14608
70 to 99 percent 1241 3 135 367 208 163 168 94 56 26 17 5 0 12786
100 percent or more@4 2480 12 1396 389 228 124 153 63 66 29 3 12 5 5000-
Zero or negative income 1138 1138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5000-
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5000-
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 17 31 100+ 37 28 22 19 17 16 14 13 12 9 ...
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 16 27 50 34 26 22 19 17 16 14 13 12 9 ...

Value

Less than $10,000
2081 66 138 376 270 283 346 237 182 98 33 15 37 18350
$10,000 to $19,999 1713 42 70 261 196 191 315 293 203 89 31 5 16 23032
$20,000 to $29,999 2047 48 75 237 286 275 422 286 281 82 24 5 27 22428
$30,000 to $39,999 2559 69 105 258 371 326 442 396 410 122 28 15 16 23397
$40,000 to $49,999 3044 63 116 264 328 294 667 429 534 225 64 27 32 26845
$50,000 to $59,999 3597 81 123 295 371 361 652 522 686 316 93 36 60 28702
$60,000 to $69,999 4328 101 148 213 339 352 756 632 1098 434 157 54 42 34020
$70,000 to $79,999 4782 82 115 337 354 319 758 746 1164 517 231 82 77 35713
$80,000 to $99,999 9133 164 215 434 557 559 1145 1293 2422 1378 558 205 202 41640
$100,000 to $119,999 6600 104 175 285 327 284 762 824 1582 1177 529 257 292 46796
$120,000 to $149,999 8114 116 183 268 340 319 759 874 1830 1619 893 441 472 53093
$150,000 to $199,999 8047 127 174 216 319 303 576 606 1543 1579 1111 559 934 62031
$200,000 to $249,999 3771 47 94 81 91 85 205 279 616 589 522 422 739 73161
$250,000 to $299,999 2030 29 53 38 48 60 101 104 247 349 256 257 488 79167
$300,000 or more 3641 68 84 61 75 73 142 204 340 423 380 354 1437 98480
Median 98815 86298 84054 65643 69262 68842 75587 84968 96612 121112 143752 170091 215445 ...

Ratio of Value to Current Income

Less than 1.5
18799 10 76 446 487 690 1481 1794 3834 3469 2157 1340 3015 63352
1.5 to 1.9 9528 9 13 96 170 272 730 965 2868 1944 1130 487 844 57499
2.0 to 2.4 7971 5 11 103 200 247 871 1279 2146 1511 766 387 445 51833
2.5 to 2.9 5513 7 18 112 217 299 857 1034 1431 773 308 206 251 42967
3.0 to 3.9 6780 10 37 189 392 592 1493 1151 1474 751 317 186 189 35886
4.0 to 4.9 3804 5 18 186 425 528 877 627 658 248 116 68 49 28445
5.0 or more 11954 23 1697 2492 2382 1459 1740 874 727 301 118 62 78 13704
Zero or negative income 1207 1207 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5000-
Median 2.2 3.3 46.8 30.4 14.6 3.9 3.1 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.2 ...

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages
35855 393 526 830 1230 1451 3557 4114 8286 6300 3607 1991 3571 54065
Less than $100 1649 44 46 110 117 119 193 218 300 229 112 70 90 38889
$100 to $199 2161 38 73 157 213 199 357 311 387 215 94 56 61 31402
$200 to $249 1726 16 26 96 143 182 284 221 362 203 100 31 61 35199
$250 to $299 1859 9 28 78 139 159 392 230 382 219 109 47 68 35412
$300 to $349 2060 25 41 49 125 141 324 324 551 253 100 54 72 40018
$350 to $399 2008 28 28 46 97 121 300 317 573 280 107 52 61 42371
$400 to $449 2037 31 41 45 60 82 298 339 512 332 163 58 77 44824
$450 to $499 2004 24 49 46 74 68 281 312 605 278 152 53 63 44910
$500 to $599 4042 35 32 63 47 133 373 592 1264 805 358 159 182 51819
$600 to $699 3312 28 36 37 52 63 239 429 1011 746 341 138 191 55262
$700 to $799 2578 19 21 41 40 50 167 236 671 629 320 170 213 61392
$800 to $999 3678 38 29 15 62 66 159 256 827 927 594 307 398 68337
$1,000 to $1,249 2937 20 21 28 21 46 95 184 452 634 520 357 558 78958
$1,250 to $1,499 1536 13 31 10 10 4 44 68 199 282 271 187 418 87976
$1500 or more 2269 25 24 8 31 18 51 79 189 270 265 253 1058 113938
Median 559 460 424 283 301 323 388 465 537 645 751 870 1111 ...

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25
11187 307 523 1451 1411 1140 1776 1365 1780 815 287 124 209 24292
$25 to $49 9340 183 318 754 804 772 1576 1286 1952 981 376 153 184 32038
$50 to $74 8593 171 224 438 612 585 1375 1247 1881 1113 485 184 278 37154
$75 to $99 6539 114 157 257 312 404 833 951 1522 966 472 243 308 43184
$100 to $149 10728 186 266 317 444 507 1088 1239 2571 1845 1048 532 684 50236
$150 to $199 6498 86 141 149 276 247 563 658 1420 1197 678 434 650 55908
$200 or more 12602 161 241 259 413 430 838 979 2012 2080 1565 1065 2559 69308
Median 88 66 60 36 47 55 62 74 90 116 139 165 200+ ...

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built
61479 1061 1618 3215 3925 3733 7436 7259 12512 8636 4699 2659 4726 43982
Less than $10,000 4106 116 252 740 648 518 674 414 426 174 78 24 43 17866
$10,000 to $19,999 6380 121 245 580 781 729 1191 899 1012 461 198 69 93 26153
$20,000 to $29,999 5120 83 136 313 497 473 834 666 1117 473 238 115 175 33343
$30,000 to $39,999 4686 74 68 207 352 341 769 775 1014 563 223 126 174 36859
$40,000 to $49,999 3883 67 93 134 186 235 561 544 981 596 225 113 147 42455
$50,000 to $59,999 3525 53 88 97 174 187 534 546 890 483 223 101 148 41842
$60,000 to $69,999 3391 44 70 81 129 166 461 502 933 488 238 132 147 45224
$70,000 to $79,999 3105 43 26 80 60 103 352 411 954 595 226 127 127 50006
$80,000 to $99,999 5180 46 58 89 109 178 382 666 1471 1063 506 255 358 54442
$100,000 to $119,999 3141 15 44 37 89 83 204 307 758 709 456 203 237 60981
$120,000 to $149,999 3856 24 42 34 61 63 230 330 879 924 569 271 429 65740
$150,000 to $199,999 3611 43 37 18 43 40 163 217 562 784 623 416 665 77403
$200,000 to $249,999 1606 26 30 10 12 16 56 72 168 249 249 217 498 92944
$250,000 to $299,999 865 7 15 5 10 5 20 47 87 115 100 103 351 104148
$300,000 or more 1428 19 22 8 12 13 41 50 90 141 130 158 743 120000+
Not reported 7597 279 390 781 761 583 964 812 1170 817 418 229 392 30479
Median 57846 39452 28549 18209 23091 26914 36984 48610 62479 81444 99495 115063 156709 ...
Received as inheritance or gift 2246 81 157 284 236 253 386 271 290 159 66 19 44 22892
Not reported 1762 65 93 126 112 100 226 194 336 202 148 58 102 38150
@14For mobile homes, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.
@3Beginning with 1989 this item uses current income in its calculation, see Appendix A.
@4May reflect a temporary situation, living off savings or response error.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005