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Ames, 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 18,045 100.0
1-unit, detached 7,890 43.7   1.00 or less 17,633 97.7
1-unit, attached 1,157 6.4   1.01 to 1.50 217 1.2
2 units 1,147 6.4   1.51 or more 195 1.1
3 or 4 units 1,295 7.2        
5 to 9 units 1,505 8.3             Specified owner-occupied units 7,147 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,740 9.6   VALUE
20 or more units 2,555 14.2   Less than $50,000 82 1.1
Mobile home 756 4.2   $50,000 to $99,999 1,706 23.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 2,813 39.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,422 19.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 915 12.8
1999 to March 2000 622 3.4   $300,000 to $499,999 183 2.6
1995 to 1998 1,929 10.7   $500,000 to $999,999 26 0.4
1990 to 1994 1,452 8.0   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,129 11.8   Median (dollars) 130,900 (x)
1970 to 1979 3,940 21.8        
1960 to 1969 2,859 15.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,947 16.3        
1939 or earlier 2,167 12.0   With a mortgage 5,078 71.1
             Less than $300 6 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 118 1.7
1 room 604 3.3        $500 to $699 556 7.8
2 rooms 1,260 7.0        $700 to $999 1,420 19.9
3 rooms 2,274 12.6        $1,000 to $1,499 1,932 27.0
4 rooms 3,735 20.7        $1,500 to $1,999 756 10.6
5 rooms 2,569 14.2        $2,000 or more 290 4.1
6 rooms 2,387 13.2        Median (dollars) 1,089 (x)
7 rooms 1,884 10.4   Not mortgaged 2,069 28.9
8 rooms 1,526 8.5        Median (dollars) 333 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,806 10.0        
Median (rooms) 4.9 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

18,045 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,925 40.9
1999 to March 2000 7,032 39.0   15 to 19 percent 1,430 20.0
1995 to 1998 5,332 29.5   20 to 24 percent 1,097 15.3
1990 to 1994 2,096 11.6   25 to 29 percent 724 10.1
1980 to 1989 1,487 8.2   30 to 34 percent 322 4.5
1970 to 1979 1,190 6.6   35 percent or more 639 8.9
1969 or earlier 908 5.0   Not computed 10 0.1
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 9,707 100.0
None 1,005 5.6   GROSS RENT    
1 6,584 36.5   Less than $200 253 2.6
2 7,455 41.3   $200 to $299 321 3.3
3 or more 3,001 16.6   $300 to $499 2,426 25.0
        $500 to $749 4,370 45.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,648 17.0
Utility Gas 14,950 82.8   $1,000 to $1,499 464 4.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 206 1.1   $1,500 or more 39 0.4
Electricity 2,754 15.3   No cash rent 186 1.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 12 0.1   Median (dollars) 600 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 13 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 8 0.0        
Other fuel 53 0.3   Less than 15 percent 1,175 12.1
No fuel used 49 0.3   15 to 19 percent 1,242 12.8
        20 to 24 percent 1,006 10.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,033 10.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 40 0.2   30 to 34 percent 778 8.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 69 0.4   35 percent or more 4,017 41.4
No telephone service 143 0.8   Not computed 456 4.7


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