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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: Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania

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

661,958

100.0

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 

1-unit, detached

53,331

8.1

1-unit, attached

398,114

60.1

2 units

54,087

8.2

3 or 4 units

45,136

6.8

5 to 9 units

24,913

3.8

10 to 19 units

14,224

2.1

20 or more units

71,148

10.7

Mobile home

867

0.1

Boat, RV, van, etc.

138

0.0

 

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

1,833

0.3

1995 to 1998

5,420

0.8

1990 to 1994

6,576

1.0

1980 to 1989

21,965

3.3

1970 to 1979

45,940

6.9

1960 to 1969

81,148

12.3

1940 to 1959

222,871

33.7

1939 or earlier

276,205

41.7

 

 

 

ROOMS

 

 

1 room

20,242

3.1

2 rooms

39,154

5.9

3 rooms

85,608

12.9

4 rooms

78,178

11.8

5 rooms

91,537

13.8

6 rooms

185,127

28.0

7 rooms

86,441

13.1

8 rooms

43,018

6.5

9 or more rooms

32,653

4.9

Median (rooms)

5.6

(X)

 

 

 

Occupied Housing Units

590,071

100.0

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

98,296

16.7

1995 to 1998

146,083

24.8

1990 to 1994

80,904

13.7

1980 to 1989

90,143

15.3

1970 to 1979

69,472

11.8

1969 or earlier

105,173

17.8

 

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

 

None

210,866

35.7

1

248,085

42.0

2

106,084

18.0

3 or more

25,036

4.2

 

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

 

Utility gas

469,590

79.6

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

9,064

1.5

Electricity

51,336

8.7

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

54,975

9.3

Coal or coke

148

0.0

Wood

170

0.0

Solar energy

85

0.0

Other fuel

2,563

0.4

No fuel used

2,140

0.4

 

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

4,877

0.8

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

5,049

0.9

No telephone service

14,894

2.5

 

 

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

 

 

Occupied housing units

590,071

100.0

1.00 or less

558,435

94.6

1.01 to 1.50

18,771

3.2

1.51 or more

12,865

2.2

 

 

 

Specified owner-occupied units

315,437

100.0

VALUE

 

 

Less than $50,000

121,090

38.4

$50,000 to $99,999

146,820

46.5

$100,000 to $149,999

30,495

9.7

$150,000 to $199,999

9,137

2.9

$200,000 to $299,999

4,360

1.4

$300,000 to $499,999

2,036

0.6

$500,000 to $999,999

1,191

0.4

$1,000,000 or more

308

0.1

Median (dollars)

59,700

(X)

 

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

 

With a mortgage

175,710

55.7

Less than $300

2,853

0.9

$300 to $499

20,580

6.5

$500 to $699

42,046

13.3

$700 to $999

59,431

18.8

$1,000 to $1,499

38,506

12.2

$1,500 to $1,999

8,277

2.6

$2,000 or more

4,017

1.3

Median (dollars)

800

(X)

Not mortgaged

139,727

44.3

Median (dollars)

297

(X)

 

 

 

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

 

 

Less than 15 percent

123,755

39.2

15 to 19 percent

47,593

15.1

20 to 24 percent

35,213

11.2

25 to 29 percent

24,353

7.7

30 to 34 percent

16,067

5.1

35 percent or more

61,351

19.4

Not computed

7,105

2.3

 

 

 

Specified renter-occupied units

240,027

100.0

GROSS RENT

 

 

Less than $200

15,230

6.3

$200 to $299

10,862

4.5

$300 to $499

59,578

24.8

$500 to $749

91,887

38.3

$750 to $999

35,164

14.7

$1,000 to $1,499

14,039

5.8

$1,500 or more

4,025

1.7

No cash rent

9,242

3.9

Median (dollars)

569

(X)

 

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

38,642

16.1

15 to 19 percent

28,675

11.9

20 to 24 percent

26,270

10.9

25 to 29 percent

22,544

9.4

30 to 34 percent

15,680

6.5

35 percent or more

86,398

36.0

Not computed

21,818

9.1

(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