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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: Providence city, Rhode Island

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

67,915

100.0

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 

1-unit, detached

15,632

23.0

1-unit, attached

2,319

3.4

2 units

15,128

22.3

3 or 4 units

19,772

29.1

5 to 9 units

5,206

7.7

10 to 19 units

2,452

3.6

20 or more units

7,343

10.8

Mobile home

55

0.1

Boat, RV, van, etc.

8

0.0

 

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

362

0.5

1995 to 1998

1,006

1.5

1990 to 1994

1,919

2.8

1980 to 1989

4,452

6.6

1970 to 1979

6,590

9.7

1960 to 1969

5,976

8.8

1940 to 1959

15,660

23.1

1939 or earlier

31,950

47.0

 

 

 

ROOMS

 

 

1 room

2,849

4.2

2 rooms

4,700

6.9

3 rooms

9,179

13.5

4 rooms

13,857

20.4

5 rooms

17,071

25.1

6 rooms

9,761

14.4

7 rooms

3,828

5.6

8 rooms

2,644

3.9

9 or more rooms

4,026

5.9

Median (rooms)

4.7

(X)

 

 

 

Occupied Housing Units

62,389

100.0

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

16,693

26.8

1995 to 1998

20,555

32.9

1990 to 1994

8,475

13.6

1980 to 1989

6,853

11.0

1970 to 1979

4,066

6.5

1969 or earlier

5,747

9.2

 

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

 

None

14,299

22.9

1

27,197

43.6

2

16,454

26.4

3 or more

4,439

7.1

 

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

 

Utility gas

39,639

63.5

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

1,883

3.0

Electricity

4,778

7.7

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

15,636

25.1

Coal or coke

30

0.0

Wood

0

0.0

Solar energy

0

0.0

Other fuel

237

0.4

No fuel used

186

0.3

 

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

623

1.0

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

669

1.1

No telephone service

2,164

3.5

 

 

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

 

 

Occupied housing units

62,389

100.0

1.00 or less

57,164

91.6

1.01 to 1.50

3,208

5.1

1.51 or more

2,017

3.2

 

 

 

Specified owner-occupied units

13,241

100.0

VALUE

 

 

Less than $50,000

295

2.2

$50,000 to $99,999

6,180

46.7

$100,000 to $149,999

3,535

26.7

$150,000 to $199,999

975

7.4

$200,000 to $299,999

887

6.7

$300,000 to $499,999

876

6.6

$500,000 to $999,999

396

3.0

$1,000,000 or more

97

0.7

Median (dollars)

101,500

(X)

 

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

 

With a mortgage

9,210

69.6

Less than $300

0

0.0

$300 to $499

188

1.4

$500 to $699

939

7.1

$700 to $999

2,856

21.6

$1,000 to $1,499

3,264

24.7

$1,500 to $1,999

934

7.1

$2,000 or more

1,029

7.8

Median (dollars)

1,072

(X)

Not mortgaged

4,031

30.4

Median (dollars)

403

(X)

 

 

 

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

 

 

Less than 15 percent

4,368

33.0

15 to 19 percent

2,245

17.0

20 to 24 percent

1,575

11.9

25 to 29 percent

1,417

10.7

30 to 34 percent

915

6.9

35 percent or more

2,608

19.7

Not computed

113

0.9

 

 

 

Specified renter-occupied units

40,808

100.0

GROSS RENT

 

 

Less than $200

5,156

12.6

$200 to $299

2,439

6.0

$300 to $499

10,305

25.3

$500 to $749

15,333

37.6

$750 to $999

4,547

11.1

$1,000 to $1,499

1,580

3.9

$1,500 or more

540

1.3

No cash rent

908

2.2

Median (dollars)

526

(X)

 

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

7,248

17.8

15 to 19 percent

4,517

11.1

20 to 24 percent

4,465

10.9

25 to 29 percent

4,712

11.5

30 to 34 percent

3,066

7.5

35 percent or more

14,376

35.2

Not computed

2,424

5.9

(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