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Des Moines, Iowa Real Estate Census Data

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Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units       OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 80,497 100.0
1-unit, detached 53,339 66.3   1.00 or less 76,764 95.4
1-unit, attached 2,234 2.8   1.01 to 1.50 2,316 2.9
2 units 3,039 3.8   1.51 or more 1,417 1.8
3 or 4 units 2,365 2.9        
5 to 9 units 3,037 3.8             Specified owner-occupied units 46,921 100.0
10 to 19 units 3,709 4.6   VALUE
20 or more units 10,343 12.8   Less than $50,000 6,830 14.6
Mobile home 2,414 3.0   $50,000 to $99,999 27,138 57.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 17 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 9,206 19.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 2,092 4.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,027 2.2
1999 to March 2000 519 0.6   $300,000 to $499,999 502 1.1
1995 to 1998 2,190 2.7   $500,000 to $999,999 116 0.2
1990 to 1994 3,052 3.8   $1,000,000 or more 10 0.0
1980 to 1989 5,973 7.4   Median (dollars) 81,100 (x)
1970 to 1979 10,905 13.5        
1960 to 1969 9,582 11.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 23,881 29.7        
1939 or earlier 24,395 30.3   With a mortgage 33,593 71.6
             Less than $300 205 0.4
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2,321 4.9
1 room 1,700 2.1        $500 to $699 6,932 14.8
2 rooms 4,136 5.1        $700 to $999 12,974 27.7
3 rooms 8,693 10.8        $1,000 to $1,499 8,511 18.1
4 rooms 15,473 19.2        $1,500 to $1,999 1,723 3.7
5 rooms 18,645 23.2        $2,000 or more 927 2.0
6 rooms 12,878 16.0        Median (dollars) 863 (x)
7 rooms 8,767 10.9   Not mortgaged 13,328 28.4
8 rooms 5,608 7.0        Median (dollars) 314 (x)
9 or more rooms 4,597 5.7        
Median (rooms) 5.0 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

80,497 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 16,922 36.1
1999 to March 2000 17,659 21.9   15 to 19 percent 8,919 19.0
1995 to 1998 23,366 29.0   20 to 24 percent 7,022 15.0
1990 to 1994 12,413 15.4   25 to 29 percent 4,699 10.0
1980 to 1989 10,696 13.3   30 to 34 percent 2,700 5.8
1970 to 1979 6,898 8.6   35 percent or more 6,429 13.7
1969 or earlier 9,465 11.8   Not computed 230 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 28,363 100.0
None 8,033 10.0   GROSS RENT    
1 30,664 38.1   Less than $200 1,480 5.2
2 29,518 36.7   $200 to $299 1,613 5.7
3 or more 12,282 15.3   $300 to $499 8,408 29.6
        $500 to $749 12,186 43.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 3,019 10.6
Utility Gas 65,527 81.4   $1,000 to $1,499 695 2.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 603 0.7   $1,500 or more 240 0.8
Electricity 12,274 15.2   No cash rent 722 2.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 166 0.2   Median (dollars) 532 (x)
Coal or coke 5 0.0        
Wood 112 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 1,188 1.5   Less than 15 percent 5,388 19.0
No fuel used 622 0.8   15 to 19 percent 4,175 14.7
        20 to 24 percent 4,246 15.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 3,367 11.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 322 0.4   30 to 34 percent 2,130 7.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 459 0.6   35 percent or more 7,689 27.1
No telephone service 1,571 2.0   Not computed 1,368 4.8


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