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Athens, 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 7,793 100.0
1-unit, detached 5,717 73.4   1.00 or less 7,601 97.5
1-unit, attached 138 1.8   1.01 to 1.50 118 1.5
2 units 216 2.8   1.51 or more 74 0.9
3 or 4 units 246 3.2        
5 to 9 units 635 8.1             Specified owner-occupied units 4,530 100.0
10 to 19 units 282 3.6   VALUE
20 or more units 382 4.9   Less than $50,000 647 14.3
Mobile home 177 2.3   $50,000 to $99,999 1,911 42.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 946 20.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 550 12.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 324 7.2
1999 to March 2000 163 2.1   $300,000 to $499,999 92 2.0
1995 to 1998 554 7.1   $500,000 to $999,999 33 0.7
1990 to 1994 755 9.7   $1,000,000 or more 27 0.6
1980 to 1989 1,617 20.7   Median (dollars) 91,200 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,384 17.8        
1960 to 1969 1,262 16.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,485 19.1        
1939 or earlier 573 7.4   With a mortgage 2,731 60.3
             Less than $300 83 1.8
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 355 7.8
1 room 70 0.9        $500 to $699 621 13.7
2 rooms 259 3.3        $700 to $999 673 14.9
3 rooms 601 7.7        $1,000 to $1,499 686 15.1
4 rooms 1,183 15.2        $1,500 to $1,999 158 3.5
5 rooms 1,705 21.9        $2,000 or more 155 3.4
6 rooms 1,509 19.4        Median (dollars) 821 (x)
7 rooms 992 12.7   Not mortgaged 1,799 39.7
8 rooms 701 9.0        Median (dollars) 224 (x)
9 or more rooms 773 9.9        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

7,793 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,057 45.4
1999 to March 2000 1,645 21.1   15 to 19 percent 832 18.4
1995 to 1998 2,049 26.3   20 to 24 percent 568 12.5
1990 to 1994 1,319 16.9   25 to 29 percent 320 7.1
1980 to 1989 1,186 15.2   30 to 34 percent 183 4.0
1970 to 1979 734 9.4   35 percent or more 503 11.1
1969 or earlier 860 11.0   Not computed 67 1.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,894 100.0
None 743 9.5   GROSS RENT    
1 2,535 32.5   Less than $200 443 15.3
2 2,807 36.0   $200 to $299 246 8.5
3 or more 1,708 21.9   $300 to $499 1,465 50.6
        $500 to $749 474 16.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 63 2.2
Utility Gas 2,043 26.2   $1,000 to $1,499 17 0.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 397 5.1   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 5,202 66.8   No cash rent 186 6.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 89 1.1   Median (dollars) 381 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 13 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 6 0.1        
Other fuel 18 0.2   Less than 15 percent 722 24.9
No fuel used 25 0.3   15 to 19 percent 442 15.3
        20 to 24 percent 292 10.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 333 11.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 59 0.8   30 to 34 percent 214 7.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 43 0.6   35 percent or more 609 21.0
No telephone service 374 4.8   Not computed 282 9.7


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