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DP-5. Housing Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) - Sample data
Geographic Area: San Mateo County, California

NOTE: For information on confidentiality, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expstf390.htm.


Subject


Number

 

 

Total housing units

251,782

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

3,902

1985 to 1988

12,644

1980 to 1984

12,203

1970 to 1979

45,449

1960 to 1969

50,095

1950 to 1959

66,961

1940 to 1949

35,465

1939 or earlier

25,063

 

 

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

12,195

1 bedroom

47,306

2 bedrooms

70,400

3 bedrooms

83,975

4 bedrooms

29,858

5 or more bedrooms

8,048

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

928

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

1,357

Condominium housing units

22,792

 

 

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

249,577

Individual drilled well

1,483

Individual dug well

63

Some other source

659

 

 

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

244,730

Septic tank or cesspool

6,080

Other means

972

 

 

Occupied housing units

241,914

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

180,592

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

3,890

Electricity

52,625

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

487

Coal or coke

0

Wood

3,193

Solar energy

214

Other fuel

289

No fuel used

624

 

 

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

50,064

1985 to 1988

70,340

1980 to 1984

31,776

1970 to 1979

45,476

1960 to 1969

23,620

1959 or earlier

20,638

 

 

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

2,465

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

14,683

1

78,396

2

93,527

3 or more

55,308

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

126,442

With a mortgage

93,932

Less than $300

2,231

$300 to $499

9,861

$500 to $699

8,393

$700 to $999

11,816

$1,000 to $1,499

19,607

$1,500 to $1,999

16,594

$2,000 or more

25,430

 

 

Median (dollars)

1,374

 

 

Not mortgaged

32,510

Less than $100

917

$100 to $199

13,642

$200 to $299

10,458

$300 to $399

3,742

$400 or more

3,751

 

 

Median (dollars)

213

 

 

SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

126,442

Less than 20 percent

60,083

20 to 24 percent

13,056

25 to 29 percent

11,989

30 to 34 percent

10,116

35 percent or more

29,842

Not computed

1,356

 

 

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

95,563

Less than $200

1,330

$200 to $299

1,357

$300 to $499

6,320

$500 to $749

35,714

$750 to $999

30,210

$1,000 or more

19,189

No cash rent

1,443

 

 

Median (dollars)

769

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

95,563

Less than 20 percent

23,117

20 to 24 percent

16,651

25 to 29 percent

12,986

30 to 34 percent

9,652

35 percent or more

30,388

Not computed

2,769

(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
             Matrices H1, H4, H6, H7, H23, H24, H25, H28, H30, H31, H35, H37, H42, H43, H43A, H51, H52, H52A, H58, H64.