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Essex, Iowa Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Essex, Iowa      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  698  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 645 100.0
1-unit, detached 556 79.7   1.00 or less 635 98.4
1-unit, attached 3 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 2 0.3   1.51 or more 10 1.6
3 or 4 units 32 4.6        
5 to 9 units 8 1.1             Specified owner-occupied units 315 100.0
10 to 19 units 8 1.1   VALUE
20 or more units 5 0.7   Less than $50,000 138 43.8
Mobile home 84 12.0   $50,000 to $99,999 157 49.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 14 4.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 2 0.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 4 1.3
1999 to March 2000 7 1.0   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 22 3.2   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 4 0.6   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 41 5.9   Median (dollars) 55,400 (x)
1970 to 1979 124 17.8        
1960 to 1969 48 6.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 82 11.7        
1939 or earlier 370 53.0   With a mortgage 188 59.7
             Less than $300 4 1.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 45 14.3
1 room 2 0.3        $500 to $699 65 20.6
2 rooms 28 4.0        $700 to $999 61 19.4
3 rooms 27 3.9        $1,000 to $1,499 11 3.5
4 rooms 74 10.6        $1,500 to $1,999 2 0.6
5 rooms 121 17.3        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 120 17.2        Median (dollars) 626 (x)
7 rooms 134 19.2   Not mortgaged 127 40.3
8 rooms 116 16.6        Median (dollars) 258 (x)
9 or more rooms 76 10.9        
Median (rooms) 6.3 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

645 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 184 58.4
1999 to March 2000 81 12.6   15 to 19 percent 47 14.9
1995 to 1998 162 25.1   20 to 24 percent 38 12.1
1990 to 1994 93 14.4   25 to 29 percent 18 5.7
1980 to 1989 127 19.7   30 to 34 percent 6 1.9
1970 to 1979 73 11.3   35 percent or more 22 7.0
1969 or earlier 109 16.9   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 129 100.0
None 42 6.5   GROSS RENT    
1 126 19.5   Less than $200 14 10.9
2 269 41.7   $200 to $299 24 18.6
3 or more 208 32.2   $300 to $499 50 38.8
        $500 to $749 29 22.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 331 51.3   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 180 27.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 85 13.2   No cash rent 12 9.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 44 6.8   Median (dollars) 369 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 4 0.6   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 1 0.2   Less than 15 percent 39 30.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 24 18.6
        20 to 24 percent 17 13.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 9 7.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 6 4.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 5 0.8   35 percent or more 20 15.5
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 14 10.9


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