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Portland, Maine 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 29,715 100.0
1-unit, detached 10,258 34.5   1.00 or less 29,180 98.2
1-unit, attached 1,393 4.7   1.01 to 1.50 302 1.0
2 units 3,588 12.1   1.51 or more 233 0.8
3 or 4 units 4,921 16.6        
5 to 9 units 3,375 11.4             Specified owner-occupied units 9,579 100.0
10 to 19 units 2,089 7.0   VALUE
20 or more units 4,015 13.5   Less than $50,000 113 1.2
Mobile home 76 0.3   $50,000 to $99,999 2,499 26.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 4,540 47.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,470 15.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 626 6.5
1999 to March 2000 270 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 268 2.8
1995 to 1998 476 1.6   $500,000 to $999,999 58 0.6
1990 to 1994 781 2.6   $1,000,000 or more 5 0.1
1980 to 1989 2,646 8.9   Median (dollars) 121,200 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,612 8.8        
1960 to 1969 2,768 9.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 5,850 19.7        
1939 or earlier 14,312 48.2   With a mortgage 6,864 71.7
             Less than $300 11 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 134 1.4
1 room 1,068 3.6        $500 to $699 536 5.6
2 rooms 2,141 7.2        $700 to $999 2,069 21.6
3 rooms 4,794 16.1        $1,000 to $1,499 3,066 32.0
4 rooms 5,111 17.2        $1,500 to $1,999 662 6.9
5 rooms 5,685 19.1        $2,000 or more 386 4.0
6 rooms 4,576 15.4        Median (dollars) 1,088 (x)
7 rooms 3,059 10.3   Not mortgaged 2,715 28.3
8 rooms 1,568 5.3        Median (dollars) 395 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,713 5.8        
Median (rooms) 4.8 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

29,715 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 3,011 31.4
1999 to March 2000 8,224 27.7   15 to 19 percent 1,830 19.1
1995 to 1998 9,463 31.8   20 to 24 percent 1,384 14.4
1990 to 1994 3,887 13.1   25 to 29 percent 1,038 10.8
1980 to 1989 3,710 12.5   30 to 34 percent 688 7.2
1970 to 1979 1,864 6.3   35 percent or more 1,592 16.6
1969 or earlier 2,567 8.6   Not computed 36 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 17,103 100.0
None 5,476 18.4   GROSS RENT    
1 13,155 44.3   Less than $200 1,464 8.6
2 8,808 29.6   $200 to $299 902 5.3
3 or more 2,276 7.7   $300 to $499 3,073 18.0
        $500 to $749 7,007 41.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 3,294 19.3
Utility Gas 7,713 26.0   $1,000 to $1,499 804 4.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 862 2.9   $1,500 or more 274 1.6
Electricity 1,982 6.7   No cash rent 285 1.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 18,863 63.5   Median (dollars) 598 (x)
Coal or coke 40 0.1        
Wood 56 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 7 0.0        
Other fuel 141 0.5   Less than 15 percent 2,524 14.8
No fuel used 51 0.2   15 to 19 percent 2,757 16.1
        20 to 24 percent 2,558 15.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 2,264 13.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 115 0.4   30 to 34 percent 1,325 7.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 345 1.2   35 percent or more 5,273 30.8
No telephone service 408 1.4   Not computed 402 2.4


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