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Merrillville, Indiana Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Merrillville, Indiana      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  13,321  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 12,673 100.0
1-unit, detached 8,913 66.9   1.00 or less 12,289 97.0
1-unit, attached 662 5.0   1.01 to 1.50 274 2.2
2 units 86 0.6   1.51 or more 110 0.9
3 or 4 units 597 4.5        
5 to 9 units 609 4.6             Specified owner-occupied units 8,269 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,292 9.7   VALUE
20 or more units 1,106 8.3   Less than $50,000 63 0.8
Mobile home 56 0.4   $50,000 to $99,999 4,043 48.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 3,454 41.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 520 6.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 161 1.9
1999 to March 2000 133 1.0   $300,000 to $499,999 28 0.3
1995 to 1998 813 6.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 1,127 8.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,489 11.2   Median (dollars) 100,300 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,935 22.0        
1960 to 1969 3,381 25.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,857 21.4        
1939 or earlier 586 4.4   With a mortgage 5,971 72.2
             Less than $300 9 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 214 2.6
1 room 181 1.4        $500 to $699 793 9.6
2 rooms 523 3.9        $700 to $999 2,369 28.6
3 rooms 988 7.4        $1,000 to $1,499 2,132 25.8
4 rooms 2,029 15.2        $1,500 to $1,999 329 4.0
5 rooms 3,180 23.9        $2,000 or more 125 1.5
6 rooms 2,729 20.5        Median (dollars) 953 (x)
7 rooms 1,748 13.1   Not mortgaged 2,298 27.8
8 rooms 1,130 8.5        Median (dollars) 309 (x)
9 or more rooms 813 6.1        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

12,673 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 3,387 41.0
1999 to March 2000 2,215 17.5   15 to 19 percent 1,536 18.6
1995 to 1998 3,764 29.7   20 to 24 percent 1,238 15.0
1990 to 1994 2,193 17.3   25 to 29 percent 744 9.0
1980 to 1989 1,561 12.3   30 to 34 percent 347 4.2
1970 to 1979 1,292 10.2   35 percent or more 953 11.5
1969 or earlier 1,648 13.0   Not computed 64 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,889 100.0
None 1,043 8.2   GROSS RENT    
1 4,293 33.9   Less than $200 97 2.5
2 4,907 38.7   $200 to $299 74 1.9
3 or more 2,430 19.2   $300 to $499 265 6.8
        $500 to $749 1,919 49.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,018 26.2
Utility Gas 10,864 85.7   $1,000 to $1,499 294 7.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 101 0.8   $1,500 or more 105 2.7
Electricity 1,508 11.9   No cash rent 117 3.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 61 0.5   Median (dollars) 690 (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 45 0.4   Less than 15 percent 758 19.5
No fuel used 94 0.7   15 to 19 percent 605 15.6
        20 to 24 percent 529 13.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 448 11.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 26 0.2   30 to 34 percent 236 6.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 82 0.6   35 percent or more 1,103 28.4
No telephone service 119 0.9   Not computed 210 5.4


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