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Benton, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Benton, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  5,168  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 4,671 100.0
1-unit, detached 4,213 81.5   1.00 or less 4,606 98.6
1-unit, attached 15 0.3   1.01 to 1.50 63 1.3
2 units 189 3.7   1.51 or more 2 0.0
3 or 4 units 140 2.7        
5 to 9 units 76 1.5             Specified owner-occupied units 2,738 100.0
10 to 19 units 21 0.4   VALUE
20 or more units 17 0.3   Less than $50,000 1,279 46.7
Mobile home 489 9.5   $50,000 to $99,999 1,131 41.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 8 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 211 7.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 91 3.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 21 0.8
1999 to March 2000 32 0.6   $300,000 to $499,999 5 0.2
1995 to 1998 321 6.2   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 153 3.0   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 431 8.3   Median (dollars) 52,200 (x)
1970 to 1979 914 17.7        
1960 to 1969 609 11.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,312 25.4        
1939 or earlier 1,396 27.0   With a mortgage 1,297 47.4
             Less than $300 2 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 268 9.8
1 room 3 0.1        $500 to $699 327 11.9
2 rooms 81 1.6        $700 to $999 461 16.8
3 rooms 290 5.6        $1,000 to $1,499 177 6.5
4 rooms 1,162 22.5        $1,500 to $1,999 39 1.4
5 rooms 1,602 31.0        $2,000 or more 23 0.8
6 rooms 1,119 21.7        Median (dollars) 724 (x)
7 rooms 424 8.2   Not mortgaged 1,441 52.6
8 rooms 256 5.0        Median (dollars) 274 (x)
9 or more rooms 231 4.5        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

4,671 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,115 40.7
1999 to March 2000 641 13.7   15 to 19 percent 477 17.4
1995 to 1998 1,190 25.5   20 to 24 percent 307 11.2
1990 to 1994 761 16.3   25 to 29 percent 277 10.1
1980 to 1989 785 16.8   30 to 34 percent 162 5.9
1970 to 1979 596 12.8   35 percent or more 388 14.2
1969 or earlier 698 14.9   Not computed 12 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,103 100.0
None 372 8.0   GROSS RENT    
1 1,696 36.3   Less than $200 81 7.3
2 1,813 38.8   $200 to $299 169 15.3
3 or more 790 16.9   $300 to $499 467 42.3
        $500 to $749 249 22.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 25 2.3
Utility Gas 2,391 51.2   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 416 8.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 1,717 36.8   No cash rent 112 10.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 17 0.4   Median (dollars) 390 (x)
Coal or coke 20 0.4        
Wood 101 2.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 2 0.0   Less than 15 percent 162 14.7
No fuel used 7 0.1   15 to 19 percent 183 16.6
        20 to 24 percent 176 16.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 111 10.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 38 0.8   30 to 34 percent 74 6.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 3 0.1   35 percent or more 277 25.1
No telephone service 191 4.1   Not computed 120 10.9


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