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Ottumwa, Iowa Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Ottumwa, Iowa      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  13,504  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 12,576 100.0
1-unit, detached 10,545 78.1   1.00 or less 12,318 97.9
1-unit, attached 117 0.9   1.01 to 1.50 172 1.4
2 units 534 4.0   1.51 or more 86 0.7
3 or 4 units 411 3.0        
5 to 9 units 330 2.4             Specified owner-occupied units 7,686 100.0
10 to 19 units 168 1.2   VALUE
20 or more units 479 3.5   Less than $50,000 3,790 49.3
Mobile home 882 6.5   $50,000 to $99,999 2,764 36.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 38 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 736 9.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 256 3.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 87 1.1
1999 to March 2000 117 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 32 0.4
1995 to 1998 408 3.0   $500,000 to $999,999 19 0.2
1990 to 1994 396 2.9   $1,000,000 or more 2 0.0
1980 to 1989 675 5.0   Median (dollars) 50,700 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,499 11.1        
1960 to 1969 1,305 9.7   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 4,012 29.7        
1939 or earlier 5,092 37.7   With a mortgage 4,041 52.6
             Less than $300 63 0.8
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 1,093 14.2
1 room 103 0.8        $500 to $699 1,238 16.1
2 rooms 338 2.5        $700 to $999 909 11.8
3 rooms 1,112 8.2        $1,000 to $1,499 565 7.4
4 rooms 2,796 20.7        $1,500 to $1,999 118 1.5
5 rooms 3,609 26.7        $2,000 or more 55 0.7
6 rooms 2,442 18.1        Median (dollars) 623 (x)
7 rooms 1,306 9.7   Not mortgaged 3,645 47.4
8 rooms 991 7.3        Median (dollars) 231 (x)
9 or more rooms 807 6.0        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

12,576 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 3,849 50.1
1999 to March 2000 2,110 16.8   15 to 19 percent 1,274 16.6
1995 to 1998 3,134 24.9   20 to 24 percent 817 10.6
1990 to 1994 2,250 17.9   25 to 29 percent 608 7.9
1980 to 1989 1,989 15.8   30 to 34 percent 304 4.0
1970 to 1979 1,401 11.1   35 percent or more 777 10.1
1969 or earlier 1,692 13.5   Not computed 57 0.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,127 100.0
None 1,031 8.2   GROSS RENT    
1 4,291 34.1   Less than $200 408 13.0
2 4,610 36.7   $200 to $299 282 9.0
3 or more 2,644 21.0   $300 to $499 1,357 43.4
        $500 to $749 809 25.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 42 1.3
Utility Gas 9,976 79.3   $1,000 to $1,499 12 0.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 1,264 10.1   $1,500 or more 12 0.4
Electricity 1,096 8.7   No cash rent 205 6.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 33 0.3   Median (dollars) 424 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 110 0.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 78 0.6   Less than 15 percent 581 18.6
No fuel used 19 0.2   15 to 19 percent 489 15.6
        20 to 24 percent 392 12.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 296 9.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 40 0.3   30 to 34 percent 264 8.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 57 0.5   35 percent or more 857 27.4
No telephone service 391 3.1   Not computed 248 7.9


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