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Benson, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Benson, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  270  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 256 100.0
1-unit, detached 262 97.0   1.00 or less 255 99.6
1-unit, attached 0 0.0   1.01 to 1.50 1 0.4
2 units 5 1.9   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 3 1.1        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 194 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 32 16.5
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 105 54.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 31 16.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 16 8.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 10 5.2
1999 to March 2000 2 0.7   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 9 3.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 6 2.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 7 2.6   Median (dollars) 75,800 (x)
1970 to 1979 35 13.0        
1960 to 1969 29 10.7   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 62 23.0        
1939 or earlier 120 44.4   With a mortgage 86 44.3
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 6 3.1
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 10 5.2
2 rooms 2 0.7        $700 to $999 49 25.3
3 rooms 5 1.9        $1,000 to $1,499 21 10.8
4 rooms 22 8.1        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 49 18.1        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 68 25.2        Median (dollars) 850 (x)
7 rooms 58 21.5   Not mortgaged 108 55.7
8 rooms 37 13.7        Median (dollars) 250 (x)
9 or more rooms 29 10.7        
Median (rooms) 6.3 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

256 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 104 53.6
1999 to March 2000 25 9.8   15 to 19 percent 31 16.0
1995 to 1998 63 24.6   20 to 24 percent 17 8.8
1990 to 1994 23 9.0   25 to 29 percent 12 6.2
1980 to 1989 40 15.6   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
1970 to 1979 30 11.7   35 percent or more 27 13.9
1969 or earlier 75 29.3   Not computed 3 1.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 40 100.0
None 5 2.0   GROSS RENT    
1 74 28.9   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 105 41.0   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 72 28.1   $300 to $499 12 30.0
        $500 to $749 9 22.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 182 71.1   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 52 20.3   $1,500 or more 5 12.5
Electricity 18 7.0   No cash rent 14 35.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 4 1.6   Median (dollars) 517 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 13 32.5
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 0 0.0
        20 to 24 percent 11 27.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 5 2.0   30 to 34 percent 2 5.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 0 0.0
No telephone service 2 0.8   Not computed 14 35.0


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