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1216. Occupied Housing Units--Financial Summary by Selected Characteristicsof the Householder

[In thousands of units (97,693 represents 97,693,000), except as indicated. As of fall. Housingcosts include real estate taxes, property insurance, utilities, fuel, water, garbage collection, and mortgage. Based on the American Housing Survey; see Appendix III]
 
Total HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS BELOW
CHARACTERISTIC occu- TENURE BLACK ORIGIN 1 ELDERLY 2 POVERTY LEVEL
pied
units Owner Renter Owner Renter Owner Renter Owner Renter Owner Renter
 
1995
    Total units 3 97,693 63,544 34,150 5,137 6,637 3,245 4,512 16,299 4,542 6,034 8,661
 
Monthly housing costs:
  Less than $300 21,844 17,027 4,815 1,721 1,423 883 549 8,833 1,364 3,015 2,682
  $300-$399 10,644 6,360 4,285 555 1,004 287 529 2,560 558 710 1,305
  $400-$499 10,913 5,268 5,645 444 1,182 249 762 1,479 583 510 1,345
  $500-$599 9,997 4,921 5,076 430 928 227 797 947 485 389 904
  $600-$699 8,544 4,356 4,188 381 698 219 652 585 389 258 621
  $700-$799 7,052 4,142 2,910 323 409 209 388 455 240 227 420
  $800-$999 9,540 6,684 2,856 496 417 296 369 582 245 282 309
  $1,000 or more 16,815 14,786 2,029 786 167 877 201 855 196 644 166
  Median amount (dol.) 4 543 563 523 465 459 590 535 282 418 300 391
 
Monthly housing costs as per-
cent income: 5
  Less than 5 percent 3,036 2,845 191 174 16 104 19 669 14 17 15
  5-9 percent 10,508 9,570 938 677 121 455 88 2,749 67 88 55
  10-14 percent 14,002 11,260 2,741 827 446 444 216 3,222 129 223 116
  15-19 percent 14,673 10,637 4,035 755 727 470 424 2,382 192 296 194
  20-24 percent 12,318 8,174 4,144 668 796 397 482 1,724 381 348 297
  25-29 percent 9,519 5,523 3,996 405 758 293 517 1,196 556 319 578
  30-34 percent 6,514 3,586 2,928 298 540 205 410 866 485 338 472
  35-39 percent 4,703 2,402 2,301 227 421 164 370 662 325 262 418
  40 percent or more 18,234 8,377 9,857 964 2,219 649 1,639 2,515 1,826 3,007 4,999
  Median amount (percent) 22 19 29 20 31 21 34 18 38 52 62
 
Median monthly costs (dol.): 4
  Electricity 63 69 48 71 52 64 44 59 40 62 46
  Piped gas 38 42 29 46 35 29 25 41 26 38 30
  Fuel oil 59 61 52 57 54 60 43 61 54 53 52
 
1997
    Total units 3 99,487 65,487 34,000 5,457 6,628 3,646 4,867 16,493 4,413 6,619 9,108
 
Monthly housing costs:
  Less than $300 23,439 18,889 4,550 1,845 1,399 1,016 616 8,788 1,205 3,497 2,533
  $300-$399