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Independence, Iowa Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Independence, Iowa      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  3,797  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 3,409 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,953 77.8   1.00 or less 3,379 99.1
1-unit, attached 16 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 25 0.7
2 units 135 3.6   1.51 or more 5 0.1
3 or 4 units 253 6.7        
5 to 9 units 49 1.3             Specified owner-occupied units 2,074 100.0
10 to 19 units 19 0.5   VALUE
20 or more units 101 2.7   Less than $50,000 429 20.7
Mobile home 261 6.9   $50,000 to $99,999 1,127 54.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 10 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 335 16.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 111 5.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 42 2.0
1999 to March 2000 51 1.3   $300,000 to $499,999 30 1.4
1995 to 1998 167 4.4   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 266 7.0   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 244 6.4   Median (dollars) 77,100 (x)
1970 to 1979 596 15.7        
1960 to 1969 488 12.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 641 16.9        
1939 or earlier 1,344 35.4   With a mortgage 1,224 59.0
             Less than $300 25 1.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 112 5.4
1 room 12 0.3        $500 to $699 384 18.5
2 rooms 141 3.7        $700 to $999 474 22.9
3 rooms 324 8.5        $1,000 to $1,499 189 9.1
4 rooms 687 18.1        $1,500 to $1,999 28 1.4
5 rooms 676 17.8        $2,000 or more 12 0.6
6 rooms 856 22.5        Median (dollars) 743 (x)
7 rooms 381 10.0   Not mortgaged 850 41.0
8 rooms 376 9.9        Median (dollars) 267 (x)
9 or more rooms 344 9.1        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

3,409 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 964 46.5
1999 to March 2000 534 15.7   15 to 19 percent 365 17.6
1995 to 1998 863 25.3   20 to 24 percent 278 13.4
1990 to 1994 579 17.0   25 to 29 percent 141 6.8
1980 to 1989 558 16.4   30 to 34 percent 57 2.7
1970 to 1979 421 12.3   35 percent or more 244 11.8
1969 or earlier 454 13.3   Not computed 25 1.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 788 100.0
None 232 6.8   GROSS RENT    
1 1,072 31.4   Less than $200 81 10.3
2 1,388 40.7   $200 to $299 151 19.2
3 or more 717 21.0   $300 to $499 331 42.0
        $500 to $749 174 22.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 6 0.8
Utility Gas 2,274 66.7   $1,000 to $1,499 19 2.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 593 17.4   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 376 11.0   No cash rent 26 3.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 96 2.8   Median (dollars) 390 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 45 1.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 4 0.1        
Other fuel 14 0.4   Less than 15 percent 197 25.0
No fuel used 7 0.2   15 to 19 percent 150 19.0
        20 to 24 percent 145 18.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 54 6.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 19 0.6   30 to 34 percent 57 7.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 28 0.8   35 percent or more 159 20.2
No telephone service 101 3.0   Not computed 26 3.3


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