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Story County, Iowa Real Estate Census Data

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Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  30,630  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 29,383 100.0
1-unit, detached 16,906 55.2   1.00 or less 28,828 98.1
1-unit, attached 1,423 4.6   1.01 to 1.50 334 1.1
2 units 1,510 4.9   1.51 or more 221 0.8
3 or 4 units 1,864 6.1        
5 to 9 units 1,927 6.3             Specified owner-occupied units 13,911 100.0
10 to 19 units 2,111 6.9   VALUE
20 or more units 2,942 9.6   Less than $50,000 540 3.9
Mobile home 1,945 6.3   $50,000 to $99,999 4,797 34.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 2 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 4,684 33.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 2,159 15.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,389 10.0
1999 to March 2000 1,025 3.3   $300,000 to $499,999 293 2.1
1995 to 1998 2,690 8.8   $500,000 to $999,999 49 0.4
1990 to 1994 2,142 7.0   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 3,309 10.8   Median (dollars) 115,800 (x)
1970 to 1979 6,759 22.1        
1960 to 1969 4,432 14.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 4,554 14.9        
1939 or earlier 5,719 18.7   With a mortgage 9,922 71.3
             Less than $300 18 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 348 2.5
1 room 695 2.3        $500 to $699 1,489 10.7
2 rooms 1,506 4.9        $700 to $999 3,080 22.1
3 rooms 3,065 10.0        $1,000 to $1,499 3,372 24.2
4 rooms 5,771 18.8        $1,500 to $1,999 1,132 8.1
5 rooms 4,829 15.8        $2,000 or more 483 3.5
6 rooms 4,592 15.0        Median (dollars) 1,003 (x)
7 rooms 3,697 12.1   Not mortgaged 3,989 28.7
8 rooms 2,950 9.6        Median (dollars) 325 (x)
9 or more rooms 3,525 11.5        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

29,383 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 5,692 40.9
1999 to March 2000 9,031 30.7   15 to 19 percent 2,812 20.2
1995 to 1998 8,382 28.5   20 to 24 percent 2,127 15.3
1990 to 1994 3,896 13.3   25 to 29 percent 1,259 9.1
1980 to 1989 3,437 11.7   30 to 34 percent 717 5.2
1970 to 1979 2,690 9.2   35 percent or more 1,283 9.2
1969 or earlier 1,947 6.6   Not computed 21 0.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 12,131 100.0
None 1,350 4.6   GROSS RENT    
1 9,527 32.4   Less than $200 438 3.6
2 12,449 42.4   $200 to $299 509 4.2
3 or more 6,057 20.6   $300 to $499 3,191 26.3
        $500 to $749 5,288 43.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,815 15.0
Utility Gas 22,286 75.8   $1,000 to $1,499 504 4.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 2,582 8.8   $1,500 or more 46 0.4
Electricity 4,078 13.9   No cash rent 340 2.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 166 0.6   Median (dollars) 575 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 90 0.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 19 0.1        
Other fuel 99 0.3   Less than 15 percent 1,781 14.7
No fuel used 63 0.2   15 to 19 percent 1,722 14.2
        20 to 24 percent 1,388 11.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,296 10.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 68 0.2   30 to 34 percent 854 7.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 82 0.3   35 percent or more 4,456 36.7
No telephone service 272 0.9   Not computed 634 5.2


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