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Bessemer, Alabama Real Estate Census Data

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Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units       OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 11,636 100.0
1-unit, detached 8,406 72.2   1.00 or less 11,225 96.5
1-unit, attached 434 3.7   1.01 to 1.50 285 2.4
2 units 815 7.0   1.51 or more 126 1.1
3 or 4 units 501 4.3        
5 to 9 units 500 4.3             Specified owner-occupied units 6,406 100.0
10 to 19 units 230 2.0   VALUE
20 or more units 518 4.5   Less than $50,000 2,643 41.3
Mobile home 232 2.0   $50,000 to $99,999 2,714 42.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 752 11.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 173 2.7
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 99 1.5
1999 to March 2000 44 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 25 0.4
1995 to 1998 479 4.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 291 2.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 872 7.5   Median (dollars) 56,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,109 18.1        
1960 to 1969 2,366 20.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 3,637 31.3        
1939 or earlier 1,838 15.8   With a mortgage 3,680 57.4
             Less than $300 74 1.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 683 10.7
1 room 80 0.7        $500 to $699 1,076 16.8
2 rooms 291 2.5        $700 to $999 1,091 17.0
3 rooms 966 8.3        $1,000 to $1,499 673 10.5
4 rooms 2,115 18.2        $1,500 to $1,999 61 1.0
5 rooms 2,621 22.5        $2,000 or more 22 0.3
6 rooms 2,534 21.8        Median (dollars) 702 (x)
7 rooms 1,580 13.6   Not mortgaged 2,726 42.6
8 rooms 753 6.5        Median (dollars) 238 (x)
9 or more rooms 696 6.0        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

11,636 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,325 36.3
1999 to March 2000 1,836 15.8   15 to 19 percent 939 14.7
1995 to 1998 3,133 26.9   20 to 24 percent 704 11.0
1990 to 1994 1,606 13.8   25 to 29 percent 440 6.9
1980 to 1989 1,517 13.0   30 to 34 percent 325 5.1
1970 to 1979 1,330 11.4   35 percent or more 1,430 22.3
1969 or earlier 2,214 19.0   Not computed 243 3.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 4,741 100.0
None 2,074 17.8   GROSS RENT    
1 4,812 41.4   Less than $200 927 19.6
2 3,124 26.8   $200 to $299 668 14.1
3 or more 1,626 14.0   $300 to $499 1,514 31.9
        $500 to $749 1,032 21.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 126 2.7
Utility Gas 8,568 73.6   $1,000 to $1,499 41 0.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 127 1.1   $1,500 or more 6 0.1
Electricity 2,788 24.0   No cash rent 427 9.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 80 0.7   Median (dollars) 382 (x)
Coal or coke 8 0.1        
Wood 30 0.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 9 0.1   Less than 15 percent 877 18.5
No fuel used 26 0.2   15 to 19 percent 629 13.3
        20 to 24 percent 539 11.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 501 10.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 123 1.1   30 to 34 percent 298 6.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 59 0.5   35 percent or more 1,307 27.6
No telephone service 558 4.8   Not computed 590 12.4


- Represents zero or rounds to zero.          (X) Not applicable.          Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.