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DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics:  2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data
Geographic Area: Springfield city, Massachusetts

NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.


Subject

Number

Percent

 

 

 

Total housing units

61,172

100.0

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 

1-unit, detached

26,699

43.6

1-unit, attached

3,468

5.7

2 units

11,359

18.6

3 or 4 units

5,367

8.8

5 to 9 units

4,577

7.5

10 to 19 units

2,055

3.4

20 or more units

7,017

11.5

Mobile home

603

1.0

Boat, RV, van, etc.

27

0.0

 

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

220

0.4

1995 to 1998

697

1.1

1990 to 1994

1,558

2.5

1980 to 1989

3,775

6.2

1970 to 1979

7,033

11.5

1960 to 1969

6,760

11.1

1940 to 1959

18,939

31.0

1939 or earlier

22,190

36.3

 

 

 

ROOMS

 

 

1 room

1,437

2.3

2 rooms

2,828

4.6

3 rooms

6,054

9.9

4 rooms

10,811

17.7

5 rooms

17,233

28.2

6 rooms

12,486

20.4

7 rooms

5,147

8.4

8 rooms

2,252

3.7

9 or more rooms

2,924

4.8

Median (rooms)

5.0

(X)

 

 

 

Occupied Housing Units

57,130

100.0

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

11,978

21.0

1995 to 1998

16,343

28.6

1990 to 1994

7,433

13.0

1980 to 1989

7,865

13.8

1970 to 1979

5,344

9.4

1969 or earlier

8,167

14.3

 

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

 

None

12,864

22.5

1

24,387

42.7

2

15,709

27.5

3 or more

4,170

7.3

 

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

 

Utility gas

30,186

52.8

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

1,720

3.0

Electricity

8,809

15.4

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

15,718

27.5

Coal or coke

21

0.0

Wood

197

0.3

Solar energy

0

0.0

Other fuel

240

0.4

No fuel used

239

0.4

 

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

745

1.3

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

630

1.1

No telephone service

1,312

2.3

 

 

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

 

 

Occupied housing units

57,130

100.0

1.00 or less

54,166

94.8

1.01 to 1.50

1,974

3.5

1.51 or more

990

1.7

 

 

 

Specified owner-occupied units

22,978

100.0

VALUE

 

 

Less than $50,000

709

3.1

$50,000 to $99,999

15,814

68.8

$100,000 to $149,999

5,314

23.1

$150,000 to $199,999

839

3.7

$200,000 to $299,999

233

1.0

$300,000 to $499,999

44

0.2

$500,000 to $999,999

13

0.1

$1,000,000 or more

12

0.1

Median (dollars)

87,300

(X)

 

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

 

With a mortgage

15,458

67.3

Less than $300

41

0.2

$300 to $499

527

2.3

$500 to $699

1,781

7.8

$700 to $999

6,385

27.8

$1,000 to $1,499

5,686

24.7

$1,500 to $1,999

836

3.6

$2,000 or more

202

0.9

Median (dollars)

956

(X)

Not mortgaged

7,520

32.7

Median (dollars)

332

(X)

 

 

 

SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE
    OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

7,643

33.3

15 to 19 percent

4,026

17.5

20 to 24 percent

3,323

14.5

25 to 29 percent

2,347

10.2

30 to 34 percent

1,268

5.5

35 percent or more

4,139

18.0

Not computed

232

1.0

 

 

 

Specified renter-occupied units

28,545

100.0

GROSS RENT

 

 

Less than $200

4,162

14.6

$200 to $299

2,595

9.1

$300 to $499

6,372

22.3

$500 to $749

10,472

36.7

$750 to $999

3,291

11.5

$1,000 to $1,499

613

2.1

$1,500 or more

185

0.6

No cash rent

855

3.0

Median (dollars)

517

(X)

 

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

4,943

17.3

15 to 19 percent

3,468

12.1

20 to 24 percent

2,881

10.1

25 to 29 percent

3,650

12.8

30 to 34 percent

2,294

8.0

35 percent or more

9,649

33.8

Not computed

1,660

5.8

(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices H1, H7, H20, H23, H24, H30, H34, H38, H40, H43, H44, H48, H51, H62, H63, H69, H74, H76, H90, H91, and H94