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Dover, Delaware 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 12,513 100.0
1-unit, detached 5,728 45.8   1.00 or less 12,121 96.9
1-unit, attached 1,887 15.1   1.01 to 1.50 260 2.1
2 units 422 3.4   1.51 or more 132 1.1
3 or 4 units 384 3.1        
5 to 9 units 753 6.0             Specified owner-occupied units 5,777 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,464 11.7   VALUE
20 or more units 1,201 9.6   Less than $50,000 112 1.9
Mobile home 674 5.4   $50,000 to $99,999 2,006 34.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 2,556 44.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 708 12.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 287 5.0
1999 to March 2000 170 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 86 1.5
1995 to 1998 1,003 8.0   $500,000 to $999,999 22 0.4
1990 to 1994 1,664 13.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,209 17.7   Median (dollars) 111,300 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,199 17.6        
1960 to 1969 2,404 19.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,962 15.7        
1939 or earlier 902 7.2   With a mortgage 4,296 74.4
             Less than $300 6 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 96 1.7
1 room 197 1.6        $500 to $699 409 7.1
2 rooms 571 4.6        $700 to $999 1,477 25.6
3 rooms 1,369 10.9        $1,000 to $1,499 1,652 28.6
4 rooms 1,943 15.5        $1,500 to $1,999 567 9.8
5 rooms 2,393 19.1        $2,000 or more 89 1.5
6 rooms 1,733 13.8        Median (dollars) 1,034 (x)
7 rooms 1,686 13.5   Not mortgaged 1,481 25.6
8 rooms 1,514 12.1        Median (dollars) 257 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,107 8.8        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

12,513 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,076 35.9
1999 to March 2000 2,782 22.2   15 to 19 percent 1,065 18.4
1995 to 1998 4,164 33.3   20 to 24 percent 893 15.5
1990 to 1994 2,123 17.0   25 to 29 percent 500 8.7
1980 to 1989 1,509 12.1   30 to 34 percent 303 5.2
1970 to 1979 814 6.5   35 percent or more 905 15.7
1969 or earlier 1,121 9.0   Not computed 35 0.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 5,864 100.0
None 1,430 11.4   GROSS RENT    
1 5,146 41.1   Less than $200 406 6.9
2 4,307 34.4   $200 to $299 314 5.4
3 or more 1,630 13.0   $300 to $499 1,181 20.1
        $500 to $749 2,369 40.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 997 17.0
Utility Gas 7,283 58.2   $1,000 to $1,499 327 5.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 526 4.2   $1,500 or more 39 0.7
Electricity 2,441 19.5   No cash rent 231 3.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,146 17.2   Median (dollars) 599 (x)
Coal or coke 21 0.2        
Wood 52 0.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 6 0.0        
Other fuel 22 0.2   Less than 15 percent 961 16.4
No fuel used 16 0.1   15 to 19 percent 819 14.0
        20 to 24 percent 638 10.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 770 13.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 20 0.2   30 to 34 percent 488 8.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 57 0.5   35 percent or more 1,835 31.3
No telephone service 276 2.2   Not computed 353 6.0


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