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Wilmington, 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 28,617 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,909 10.2   1.00 or less 27,199 95.0
1-unit, attached 15,419 53.9   1.01 to 1.50 1,034 3.6
2 units 1,829 6.4   1.51 or more 384 1.3
3 or 4 units 1,906 6.7        
5 to 9 units 1,255 4.4             Specified owner-occupied units 12,572 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,283 4.5   VALUE
20 or more units 3,975 13.9   Less than $50,000 1,210 9.6
Mobile home 41 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 6,793 54.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 2,480 19.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 795 6.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 815 6.5
1999 to March 2000 75 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 318 2.5
1995 to 1998 365 1.3   $500,000 to $999,999 149 1.2
1990 to 1994 678 2.4   $1,000,000 or more 12 0.1
1980 to 1989 1,835 6.4   Median (dollars) 89,100 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,290 8.0        
1960 to 1969 2,981 10.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 8,582 30.0        
1939 or earlier 11,811 41.3   With a mortgage 8,845 70.4
             Less than $300 58 0.5
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 519 4.1
1 room 854 3.0        $500 to $699 1,421 11.3
2 rooms 1,603 5.6        $700 to $999 2,946 23.4
3 rooms 3,841 13.4        $1,000 to $1,499 2,752 21.9
4 rooms 3,713 13.0        $1,500 to $1,999 756 6.0
5 rooms 4,362 15.2        $2,000 or more 393 3.1
6 rooms 7,519 26.3        Median (dollars) 940 (x)
7 rooms 3,621 12.7   Not mortgaged 3,727 29.6
8 rooms 1,664 5.8        Median (dollars) 270 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,440 5.0        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

28,617 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 4,651 37.0
1999 to March 2000 5,867 20.5   15 to 19 percent 2,133 17.0
1995 to 1998 8,428 29.5   20 to 24 percent 1,393 11.1
1990 to 1994 4,181 14.6   25 to 29 percent 1,098 8.7
1980 to 1989 3,928 13.7   30 to 34 percent 744 5.9
1970 to 1979 2,495 8.7   35 percent or more 2,376 18.9
1969 or earlier 3,718 13.0   Not computed 177 1.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 14,261 100.0
None 7,682 26.8   GROSS RENT    
1 12,617 44.1   Less than $200 1,698 11.9
2 6,723 23.5   $200 to $299 940 6.6
3 or more 1,595 5.6   $300 to $499 2,336 16.4
        $500 to $749 5,188 36.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 2,706 19.0
Utility Gas 14,768 51.6   $1,000 to $1,499 910 6.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 481 1.7   $1,500 or more 98 0.7
Electricity 6,330 22.1   No cash rent 385 2.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 6,741 23.6   Median (dollars) 596 (x)
Coal or coke 23 0.1        
Wood 8 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 223 0.8   Less than 15 percent 2,522 17.7
No fuel used 43 0.2   15 to 19 percent 1,928 13.5
        20 to 24 percent 1,772 12.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,702 11.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 210 0.7   30 to 34 percent 1,213 8.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 351 1.2   35 percent or more 4,376 30.7
No telephone service 968 3.4   Not computed 748 5.2


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