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Decatur, Alabama Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Decatur, Alabama Click here for Decatur, AL Census Data By ZipCode     
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units       OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 21,848 100.0
1-unit, detached 14,959 68.5   1.00 or less 21,038 96.3
1-unit, attached 1,337 6.1   1.01 to 1.50 491 2.2
2 units 558 2.6   1.51 or more 319 1.5
3 or 4 units 1,495 6.8        
5 to 9 units 1,432 6.6             Specified owner-occupied units 13,375 100.0
10 to 19 units 511 2.3   VALUE
20 or more units 1,257 5.8   Less than $50,000 1,217 9.1
Mobile home 297 1.4   $50,000 to $99,999 6,612 49.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 2 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 3,011 22.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,486 11.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 693 5.2
1999 to March 2000 328 1.5   $300,000 to $499,999 283 2.1
1995 to 1998 1,587 7.3   $500,000 to $999,999 61 0.5
1990 to 1994 2,359 10.8   $1,000,000 or more 12 0.1
1980 to 1989 4,173 19.1   Median (dollars) 89,200 (x)
1970 to 1979 4,404 20.2        
1960 to 1969 4,134 18.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 3,580 16.4        
1939 or earlier 1,283 5.9   With a mortgage 8,961 67.0
             Less than $300 93 0.7
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 802 6.0
1 room 309 1.4        $500 to $699 2,048 15.3
2 rooms 611 2.8        $700 to $999 2,909 21.7
3 rooms 1,979 9.1        $1,000 to $1,499 2,207 16.5
4 rooms 3,244 14.8        $1,500 to $1,999 552 4.1
5 rooms 4,282 19.6        $2,000 or more 350 2.6
6 rooms 4,987 22.8        Median (dollars) 823 (x)
7 rooms 2,990 13.7   Not mortgaged 4,414 33.0
8 rooms 1,796 8.2        Median (dollars) 218 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,650 7.6        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

21,848 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 6,063 45.3
1999 to March 2000 5,060 23.2   15 to 19 percent 2,498 18.7
1995 to 1998 6,381 29.2   20 to 24 percent 1,725 12.9
1990 to 1994 3,378 15.5   25 to 29 percent 1,002 7.5
1980 to 1989 3,009 13.8   30 to 34 percent 467 3.5
1970 to 1979 1,966 9.0   35 percent or more 1,504 11.2
1969 or earlier 2,054 9.4   Not computed 116 0.9
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 7,807 100.0
None 1,710 7.8   GROSS RENT    
1 7,687 35.2   Less than $200 802 10.3
2 8,204 37.6   $200 to $299 549 7.0
3 or more 4,247 19.4   $300 to $499 3,640 46.6
        $500 to $749 1,927 24.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 266 3.4
Utility Gas 8,031 36.8   $1,000 to $1,499 160 2.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 388 1.8   $1,500 or more 66 0.8
Electricity 13,119 60.0   No cash rent 397 5.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 123 0.6   Median (dollars) 429 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 119 0.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 15 0.1   Less than 15 percent 1,695 21.7
No fuel used 53 0.2   15 to 19 percent 1,158 14.8
        20 to 24 percent 1,091 14.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 782 10.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 131 0.6   30 to 34 percent 463 5.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 149 0.7   35 percent or more 2,029 26.0
No telephone service 716 3.3   Not computed 589 7.5


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