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Elgin, 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 31,540 100.0
1-unit, detached 17,918 56.8   1.00 or less 28,162 89.3
1-unit, attached 3,832 12.1   1.01 to 1.50 1,609 5.1
2 units 2,257 7.2   1.51 or more 1,769 5.6
3 or 4 units 1,696 5.4        
5 to 9 units 2,347 7.4             Specified owner-occupied units 19,199 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,084 3.4   VALUE
20 or more units 1,417 4.5   Less than $50,000 42 0.2
Mobile home 980 3.1   $50,000 to $99,999 2,089 10.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 9 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 9,142 47.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 5,416 28.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 2,279 11.9
1999 to March 2000 454 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 185 1.0
1995 to 1998 1,910 6.1   $500,000 to $999,999 30 0.2
1990 to 1994 3,567 11.3   $1,000,000 or more 16 0.1
1980 to 1989 3,843 12.2   Median (dollars) 141,400 (x)
1970 to 1979 5,520 17.5        
1960 to 1969 3,760 11.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 5,153 16.3        
1939 or earlier 7,333 23.2   With a mortgage 15,705 81.8
             Less than $300 7 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 105 0.5
1 room 567 1.8        $500 to $699 493 2.6
2 rooms 1,788 5.7        $700 to $999 2,528 13.2
3 rooms 2,706 8.6        $1,000 to $1,499 7,541 39.3
4 rooms 4,933 15.6        $1,500 to $1,999 3,829 19.9
5 rooms 6,106 19.4        $2,000 or more 1,202 6.3
6 rooms 6,029 19.1        Median (dollars) 1,315 (x)
7 rooms 3,922 12.4   Not mortgaged 3,494 18.2
8 rooms 3,158 10.0        Median (dollars) 438 (x)
9 or more rooms 2,331 7.4        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

31,540 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 4,351 22.7
1999 to March 2000 6,204 19.7   15 to 19 percent 3,259 17.0
1995 to 1998 10,056 31.9   20 to 24 percent 3,495 18.2
1990 to 1994 6,223 19.7   25 to 29 percent 2,573 13.4
1980 to 1989 4,745 15.0   30 to 34 percent 1,728 9.0
1970 to 1979 2,334 7.4   35 percent or more 3,701 19.3
1969 or earlier 1,978 6.3   Not computed 92 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 9,365 100.0
None 2,258 7.2   GROSS RENT    
1 10,566 33.5   Less than $200 423 4.5
2 12,937 41.0   $200 to $299 260 2.8
3 or more 5,779 18.3   $300 to $499 1,026 11.0
        $500 to $749 4,451 47.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 2,110 22.5
Utility Gas 28,739 91.1   $1,000 to $1,499 762 8.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 191 0.6   $1,500 or more 127 1.4
Electricity 2,276 7.2   No cash rent 206 2.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 74 0.2   Median (dollars) 675 (x)
Coal or coke 10 0.0        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 84 0.3   Less than 15 percent 1,840 19.6
No fuel used 166 0.5   15 to 19 percent 1,701 18.2
        20 to 24 percent 1,464 15.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,069 11.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 191 0.6   30 to 34 percent 693 7.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 97 0.3   35 percent or more 2,278 24.3
No telephone service 797 2.5   Not computed 320 3.4


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