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Birmingham, 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 98,937 100.0
1-unit, detached 62,376 63.0   1.00 or less 94,669 95.7
1-unit, attached 2,669 2.7   1.01 to 1.50 2,864 2.9
2 units 2,286 2.3   1.51 or more 1,404 1.4
3 or 4 units 4,640 4.7        
5 to 9 units 7,908 8.0             Specified owner-occupied units 49,476 100.0
10 to 19 units 8,400 8.5   VALUE
20 or more units 10,197 10.3   Less than $50,000 16,848 34.1
Mobile home 414 0.4   $50,000 to $99,999 23,603 47.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 47 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 5,916 12.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,641 3.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 761 1.5
1999 to March 2000 823 0.8   $300,000 to $499,999 453 0.9
1995 to 1998 2,025 2.0   $500,000 to $999,999 221 0.4
1990 to 1994 2,356 2.4   $1,000,000 or more 33 0.1
1980 to 1989 9,491 9.6   Median (dollars) 62,100 (x)
1970 to 1979 16,612 16.8        
1960 to 1969 19,431 19.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 33,763 34.1        
1939 or earlier 14,436 14.6   With a mortgage 32,435 65.6
             Less than $300 632 1.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 4,840 9.8
1 room 1,624 1.6        $500 to $699 9,321 18.8
2 rooms 4,223 4.3        $700 to $999 10,919 22.1
3 rooms 10,826 10.9        $1,000 to $1,499 5,178 10.5
4 rooms 17,928 18.1        $1,500 to $1,999 995 2.0
5 rooms 20,248 20.5        $2,000 or more 550 1.1
6 rooms 20,802 21.0        Median (dollars) 730 (x)
7 rooms 11,658 11.8   Not mortgaged 17,041 34.4
8 rooms 6,608 6.7        Median (dollars) 239 (x)
9 or more rooms 5,020 5.1        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

98,937 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 18,308 37.0
1999 to March 2000 21,757 22.0   15 to 19 percent 7,694 15.6
1995 to 1998 28,393 28.7   20 to 24 percent 5,846 11.8
1990 to 1994 14,110 14.3   25 to 29 percent 3,962 8.0
1980 to 1989 12,415 12.5   30 to 34 percent 2,701 5.5
1970 to 1979 9,207 9.3   35 percent or more 9,920 20.1
1969 or earlier 13,055 13.2   Not computed 1,045 2.1
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 45,893 100.0
None 16,596 16.8   GROSS RENT    
1 42,782 43.2   Less than $200 4,392 9.6
2 27,217 27.5   $200 to $299 5,236 11.4
3 or more 12,342 12.5   $300 to $499 17,441 38.0
        $500 to $749 12,891 28.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 2,878 6.3
Utility Gas 67,125 67.8   $1,000 to $1,499 669 1.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 1,699 1.7   $1,500 or more 174 0.4
Electricity 29,529 29.8   No cash rent 2,212 4.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 106 0.1   Median (dollars) 446 (x)
Coal or coke 18 0.0        
Wood 35 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 114 0.1   Less than 15 percent 8,629 18.8
No fuel used 311 0.3   15 to 19 percent 5,934 12.9
        20 to 24 percent 5,346 11.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 3,919 8.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 631 0.6   30 to 34 percent 3,040 6.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 618 0.6   35 percent or more 14,661 31.9
No telephone service 3,672 3.7   Not computed 4,364 9.5


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