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Shelby County, Alabama Real Estate Census Data

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Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  59,302  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 54,631 100.0
1-unit, detached 40,207 67.8   1.00 or less 53,785 98.5
1-unit, attached 2,511 4.2   1.01 to 1.50 591 1.1
2 units 414 0.7   1.51 or more 255 0.5
3 or 4 units 974 1.6        
5 to 9 units 2,253 3.8             Specified owner-occupied units 35,223 100.0
10 to 19 units 2,402 4.1   VALUE
20 or more units 1,488 2.5   Less than $50,000 1,191 3.4
Mobile home 9,009 15.2   $50,000 to $99,999 5,930 16.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 44 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 11,242 31.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 7,497 21.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 5,354 15.2
1999 to March 2000 3,368 5.7   $300,000 to $499,999 3,011 8.5
1995 to 1998 12,835 21.6   $500,000 to $999,999 859 2.4
1990 to 1994 9,593 16.2   $1,000,000 or more 139 0.4
1980 to 1989 15,262 25.7   Median (dollars) 146,700 (x)
1970 to 1979 10,218 17.2        
1960 to 1969 3,277 5.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 3,217 5.4        
1939 or earlier 1,532 2.6   With a mortgage 28,194 80.0
             Less than $300 104 0.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 683 1.9
1 room 224 0.4        $500 to $699 2,138 6.1
2 rooms 866 1.5        $700 to $999 7,176 20.4
3 rooms 3,009 5.1        $1,000 to $1,499 10,698 30.4
4 rooms 7,663 12.9        $1,500 to $1,999 4,230 12.0
5 rooms 11,788 19.9        $2,000 or more 3,165 9.0
6 rooms 11,803 19.9        Median (dollars) 1,159 (x)
7 rooms 9,104 15.4   Not mortgaged 7,029 20.0
8 rooms 7,153 12.1        Median (dollars) 264 (x)
9 or more rooms 7,692 13.0        
Median (rooms) 6.0 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

54,631 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 13,170 37.4
1999 to March 2000 11,813 21.6   15 to 19 percent 7,144 20.3
1995 to 1998 19,838 36.3   20 to 24 percent 5,655 16.1
1990 to 1994 9,396 17.2   25 to 29 percent 3,191 9.1
1980 to 1989 7,616 13.9   30 to 34 percent 1,747 5.0
1970 to 1979 3,512 6.4   35 percent or more 4,169 11.8
1969 or earlier 2,456 4.5   Not computed 147 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 10,177 100.0
None 1,860 3.4   GROSS RENT    
1 14,225 26.0   Less than $200 318 3.1
2 25,824 47.3   $200 to $299 473 4.6
3 or more 12,722 23.3   $300 to $499 1,710 16.8
        $500 to $749 4,087 40.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,898 18.6
Utility Gas 22,504 41.2   $1,000 to $1,499 560 5.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 5,269 9.6   $1,500 or more 138 1.4
Electricity 26,238 48.0   No cash rent 993 9.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 133 0.2   Median (dollars) 635 (x)
Coal or coke 22 0.0        
Wood 358 0.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 49 0.1   Less than 15 percent 2,235 22.0
No fuel used 58 0.1   15 to 19 percent 1,615 15.9
        20 to 24 percent 1,323 13.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,054 10.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 225 0.4   30 to 34 percent 542 5.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 152 0.3   35 percent or more 2,202 21.6
No telephone service 879 1.6   Not computed 1,206 11.9


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