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West 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 19,777 100.0
1-unit, detached 10,236 51.8   1.00 or less 19,442 98.3
1-unit, attached 1,982 10.0   1.01 to 1.50 234 1.2
2 units 138 0.7   1.51 or more 101 0.5
3 or 4 units 358 1.8        
5 to 9 units 1,178 6.0             Specified owner-occupied units 11,039 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,986 10.0   VALUE
20 or more units 3,609 18.2   Less than $50,000 160 1.4
Mobile home 290 1.5   $50,000 to $99,999 1,930 17.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 4,322 39.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 2,485 22.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,440 13.0
1999 to March 2000 759 3.8   $300,000 to $499,999 527 4.8
1995 to 1998 3,102 15.7   $500,000 to $999,999 157 1.4
1990 to 1994 3,087 15.6   $1,000,000 or more 18 0.2
1980 to 1989 4,424 22.4   Median (dollars) 140,600 (x)
1970 to 1979 3,639 18.4        
1960 to 1969 1,606 8.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,188 11.1        
1939 or earlier 972 4.9   With a mortgage 9,054 82.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 125 1.1
1 room 249 1.3        $500 to $699 401 3.6
2 rooms 729 3.7        $700 to $999 2,150 19.5
3 rooms 1,931 9.8        $1,000 to $1,499 3,666 33.2
4 rooms 3,964 20.0        $1,500 to $1,999 1,491 13.5
5 rooms 3,185 16.1        $2,000 or more 1,221 11.1
6 rooms 2,815 14.2        Median (dollars) 1,236 (x)
7 rooms 1,911 9.7   Not mortgaged 1,985 18.0
8 rooms 2,076 10.5        Median (dollars) 401 (x)
9 or more rooms 2,917 14.7        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

19,777 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 3,726 33.8
1999 to March 2000 5,675 28.7   15 to 19 percent 2,412 21.8
1995 to 1998 6,982 35.3   20 to 24 percent 1,843 16.7
1990 to 1994 3,351 16.9   25 to 29 percent 1,195 10.8
1980 to 1989 2,195 11.1   30 to 34 percent 576 5.2
1970 to 1979 925 4.7   35 percent or more 1,245 11.3
1969 or earlier 649 3.3   Not computed 42 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 7,458 100.0
None 730 3.7   GROSS RENT    
1 7,200 36.4   Less than $200 113 1.5
2 9,068 45.9   $200 to $299 64 0.9
3 or more 2,779 14.1   $300 to $499 382 5.1
        $500 to $749 4,432 59.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,879 25.2
Utility Gas 14,697 74.3   $1,000 to $1,499 376 5.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 230 1.2   $1,500 or more 80 1.1
Electricity 4,596 23.2   No cash rent 132 1.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 8 0.0   Median (dollars) 674 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 10 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 125 0.6   Less than 15 percent 1,438 19.3
No fuel used 111 0.6   15 to 19 percent 1,443 19.3
        20 to 24 percent 1,372 18.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 854 11.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 42 0.2   30 to 34 percent 573 7.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 100 0.5   35 percent or more 1,521 20.4
No telephone service 74 0.4   Not computed 257 3.4


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