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Sterling, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Sterling, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  9,391  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 8,937 100.0
1-unit, detached 7,197 76.6   1.00 or less 8,751 97.9
1-unit, attached 96 1.0   1.01 to 1.50 133 1.5
2 units 645 6.9   1.51 or more 53 0.6
3 or 4 units 412 4.4        
5 to 9 units 441 4.7             Specified owner-occupied units 5,752 100.0
10 to 19 units 96 1.0   VALUE
20 or more units 411 4.4   Less than $50,000 803 14.0
Mobile home 93 1.0   $50,000 to $99,999 3,214 55.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,027 17.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 467 8.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 183 3.2
1999 to March 2000 85 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 49 0.9
1995 to 1998 368 3.9   $500,000 to $999,999 9 0.2
1990 to 1994 304 3.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 599 6.4   Median (dollars) 77,600 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,399 14.9        
1960 to 1969 1,468 15.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,547 27.1        
1939 or earlier 2,621 27.9   With a mortgage 3,662 63.7
             Less than $300 23 0.4
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 352 6.1
1 room 94 1.0        $500 to $699 859 14.9
2 rooms 233 2.5        $700 to $999 1,304 22.7
3 rooms 629 6.7        $1,000 to $1,499 840 14.6
4 rooms 1,361 14.5        $1,500 to $1,999 155 2.7
5 rooms 2,027 21.6        $2,000 or more 129 2.2
6 rooms 2,007 21.4        Median (dollars) 815 (x)
7 rooms 1,364 14.5   Not mortgaged 2,090 36.3
8 rooms 753 8.0        Median (dollars) 289 (x)
9 or more rooms 923 9.8        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

8,937 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,636 45.8
1999 to March 2000 1,531 17.1   15 to 19 percent 1,051 18.3
1995 to 1998 2,280 25.5   20 to 24 percent 738 12.8
1990 to 1994 1,518 17.0   25 to 29 percent 356 6.2
1980 to 1989 1,338 15.0   30 to 34 percent 270 4.7
1970 to 1979 954 10.7   35 percent or more 656 11.4
1969 or earlier 1,316 14.7   Not computed 45 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,583 100.0
None 778 8.7   GROSS RENT    
1 2,904 32.5   Less than $200 62 2.4
2 3,840 43.0   $200 to $299 161 6.2
3 or more 1,415 15.8   $300 to $499 1,159 44.9
        $500 to $749 940 36.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 92 3.6
Utility Gas 7,009 78.4   $1,000 to $1,499 68 2.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 717 8.0   $1,500 or more 6 0.2
Electricity 1,100 12.3   No cash rent 95 3.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 47 0.5   Median (dollars) 484 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 22 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 36 0.4   Less than 15 percent 548 21.2
No fuel used 6 0.1   15 to 19 percent 430 16.6
        20 to 24 percent 292 11.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 300 11.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 32 0.4   30 to 34 percent 236 9.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 24 0.3   35 percent or more 651 25.2
No telephone service 311 3.5   Not computed 126 4.9


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