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Chicago, Illinois 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 1,061,921 100.0
1-unit, detached 275,873 26.0   1.00 or less 954,391 89.9
1-unit, attached 36,706 3.5   1.01 to 1.50 58,452 5.5
2 units 185,203 17.4   1.51 or more 49,078 4.6
3 or 4 units 148,168 14.0        
5 to 9 units 109,581 10.3             Specified owner-occupied units 263,925 100.0
10 to 19 units 61,595 5.8   VALUE
20 or more units 243,133 22.9   Less than $50,000 8,331 3.2
Mobile home 1,438 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 74,177 28.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 224 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 76,043 28.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 51,358 19.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 31,054 11.8
1999 to March 2000 7,202 0.7   $300,000 to $499,999 14,517 5.5
1995 to 1998 20,296 1.9   $500,000 to $999,999 6,638 2.5
1990 to 1994 19,466 1.8   $1,000,000 or more 1,807 0.7
1980 to 1989 43,302 4.1   Median (dollars) 132,400 (x)
1970 to 1979 90,390 8.5        
1960 to 1969 142,397 13.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 330,726 31.1        
1939 or earlier 408,142 38.4   With a mortgage 180,801 68.5
             Less than $300 444 0.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 4,027 1.5
1 room 54,097 5.1        $500 to $699 13,071 5.0
2 rooms 79,486 7.5        $700 to $999 39,276 14.9
3 rooms 140,711 13.3        $1,000 to $1,499 70,040 26.5
4 rooms 199,907 18.8        $1,500 to $1,999 32,322 12.2
5 rooms 244,723 23.0        $2,000 or more 21,621 8.2
6 rooms 180,484 17.0        Median (dollars) 1,216 (x)
7 rooms 75,457 7.1   Not mortgaged 83,124 31.5
8 rooms 41,080 3.9        Median (dollars) 369 (x)
9 or more rooms 45,976 4.3        
Median (rooms) 4.7 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

1,061,921 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 86,050 32.6
1999 to March 2000 231,035 21.8   15 to 19 percent 40,938 15.5
1995 to 1998 331,471 31.2   20 to 24 percent 34,790 13.2
1990 to 1994 156,388 14.7   25 to 29 percent 25,328 9.6
1980 to 1989 140,813 13.3   30 to 34 percent 17,333 6.6
1970 to 1979 98,956 9.3   35 percent or more 56,032 21.2
1969 or earlier 103,258 9.7   Not computed 3,454 1.3
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 596,060 100.0
None 306,336 28.8   GROSS RENT    
1 461,677 43.5   Less than $200 37,615 6.3
2 227,045 21.4   $200 to $299 22,493 3.8
3 or more 66,863 6.3   $300 to $499 112,016 18.8
        $500 to $749 235,954 39.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 103,733 17.4
Utility Gas 886,646 83.5   $1,000 to $1,499 53,173 8.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 21,666 2.0   $1,500 or more 18,854 3.2
Electricity 118,762 11.2   No cash rent 12,222 2.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 7,418 0.7   Median (dollars) 616 (x)
Coal or coke 504 0.0        
Wood 137 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 439 0.0        
Other fuel 12,824 1.2   Less than 15 percent 114,984 19.3
No fuel used 13,525 1.3   15 to 19 percent 87,917 14.7
        20 to 24 percent 75,443 12.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 58,951 9.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 11,445 1.1   30 to 34 percent 42,030 7.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 13,148 1.2   35 percent or more 183,735 30.8
No telephone service 57,186 5.4   Not computed 33,000 5.5


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