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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: Worcester 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

70,723

100.0

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 

1-unit, detached

23,101

32.7

1-unit, attached

2,836

4.0

2 units

7,426

10.5

3 or 4 units

18,695

26.4

5 to 9 units

5,652

8.0

10 to 19 units

4,107

5.8

20 or more units

8,688

12.3

Mobile home

211

0.3

Boat, RV, van, etc.

7

0.0

 

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

455

0.6

1995 to 1998

1,014

1.4

1990 to 1994

2,164

3.1

1980 to 1989

6,939

9.8

1970 to 1979

6,617

9.4

1960 to 1969

6,571

9.3

1940 to 1959

16,368

23.1

1939 or earlier

30,595

43.3

 

 

 

ROOMS

 

 

1 room

1,744

2.5

2 rooms

4,081

5.8

3 rooms

7,897

11.2

4 rooms

11,654

16.5

5 rooms

16,802

23.8

6 rooms

15,610

22.1

7 rooms

6,600

9.3

8 rooms

3,405

4.8

9 or more rooms

2,930

4.1

Median (rooms)

5.1

(X)

 

 

 

Occupied Housing Units

67,028

100.0

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

13,617

20.3

1995 to 1998

20,958

31.3

1990 to 1994

9,928

14.8

1980 to 1989

8,292

12.4

1970 to 1979

5,389

8.0

1969 or earlier

8,844

13.2

 

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

 

None

12,139

18.1

1

30,137

45.0

2

19,795

29.5

3 or more

4,957

7.4

 

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

 

Utility gas

37,922

56.6

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

1,466

2.2

Electricity

11,776

17.6

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

14,919

22.3

Coal or coke

46

0.1

Wood

122

0.2

Solar energy

13

0.0

Other fuel

345

0.5

No fuel used

419

0.6

 

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

825

1.2

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

748

1.1

No telephone service

1,305

1.9

 

 

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

 

 

Occupied housing units

67,028

100.0

1.00 or less

64,085

95.6

1.01 to 1.50

1,800

2.7

1.51 or more

1,143

1.7

 

 

 

Specified owner-occupied units

21,591

100.0

VALUE

 

 

Less than $50,000

170

0.8

$50,000 to $99,999

5,841

27.1

$100,000 to $149,999

10,515

48.7

$150,000 to $199,999

3,245

15.0

$200,000 to $299,999

1,316

6.1

$300,000 to $499,999

450

2.1

$500,000 to $999,999

54

0.3

$1,000,000 or more

0

0.0

Median (dollars)

119,600

(X)

 

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

 

With a mortgage

14,542

67.4

Less than $300

37

0.2

$300 to $499

306

1.4

$500 to $699

1,050

4.9

$700 to $999

4,123

19.1

$1,000 to $1,499

6,317

29.3

$1,500 to $1,999

1,900

8.8

$2,000 or more

809

3.7

Median (dollars)

1,111

(X)

Not mortgaged

7,049

32.6

Median (dollars)

357

(X)

 

 

 

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

 

 

Less than 15 percent

7,558

35.0

15 to 19 percent

4,228

19.6

20 to 24 percent

3,032

14.0

25 to 29 percent

2,049

9.5

30 to 34 percent

1,294

6.0

35 percent or more

3,286

15.2

Not computed

144

0.7

 

 

 

Specified renter-occupied units

37,908

100.0

GROSS RENT

 

 

Less than $200

3,294

8.7

$200 to $299

2,321

6.1

$300 to $499

7,237

19.1

$500 to $749

17,412

45.9

$750 to $999

5,509

14.5

$1,000 to $1,499

1,245

3.3

$1,500 or more

113

0.3

No cash rent

777

2.0

Median (dollars)

577

(X)

 

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

8,296

21.9

15 to 19 percent

5,168

13.6

20 to 24 percent

4,426

11.7

25 to 29 percent

4,014

10.6

30 to 34 percent

2,895

7.6

35 percent or more

11,093

29.3

Not computed

2,016

5.3

(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