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South Portland, Maine Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: South Portland, Maine      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  10,391  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 10,089 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,096 58.7   1.00 or less 10,015 99.3
1-unit, attached 427 4.1   1.01 to 1.50 50 0.5
2 units 1,160 11.2   1.51 or more 24 0.2
3 or 4 units 909 8.7        
5 to 9 units 401 3.9             Specified owner-occupied units 5,518 100.0
10 to 19 units 496 4.8   VALUE
20 or more units 844 8.1   Less than $50,000 40 0.7
Mobile home 52 0.5   $50,000 to $99,999 1,800 32.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 6 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 2,818 51.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 562 10.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 223 4.0
1999 to March 2000 101 1.0   $300,000 to $499,999 49 0.9
1995 to 1998 290 2.8   $500,000 to $999,999 26 0.5
1990 to 1994 339 3.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,474 14.2   Median (dollars) 112,900 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,116 10.7        
1960 to 1969 791 7.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 3,029 29.2        
1939 or earlier 3,251 31.3   With a mortgage 3,843 69.6
             Less than $300 7 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 134 2.4
1 room 116 1.1        $500 to $699 351 6.4
2 rooms 325 3.1        $700 to $999 1,370 24.8
3 rooms 859 8.3        $1,000 to $1,499 1,558 28.2
4 rooms 2,111 20.3        $1,500 to $1,999 297 5.4
5 rooms 1,976 19.0        $2,000 or more 126 2.3
6 rooms 2,442 23.5        Median (dollars) 1,015 (x)
7 rooms 1,321 12.7   Not mortgaged 1,675 30.4
8 rooms 742 7.1        Median (dollars) 336 (x)
9 or more rooms 499 4.8        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

10,089 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,860 33.7
1999 to March 2000 1,760 17.4   15 to 19 percent 1,065 19.3
1995 to 1998 2,943 29.2   20 to 24 percent 922 16.7
1990 to 1994 1,456 14.4   25 to 29 percent 606 11.0
1980 to 1989 1,567 15.5   30 to 34 percent 325 5.9
1970 to 1979 1,038 10.3   35 percent or more 718 13.0
1969 or earlier 1,325 13.1   Not computed 22 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,586 100.0
None 771 7.6   GROSS RENT    
1 4,120 40.8   Less than $200 288 8.0
2 4,129 40.9   $200 to $299 181 5.0
3 or more 1,069 10.6   $300 to $499 355 9.9
        $500 to $749 1,719 47.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 836 23.3
Utility Gas 2,813 27.9   $1,000 to $1,499 130 3.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 265 2.6   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 646 6.4   No cash rent 77 2.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 6,273 62.2   Median (dollars) 643 (x)
Coal or coke 18 0.2        
Wood 25 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 49 0.5   Less than 15 percent 427 11.9
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 683 19.0
        20 to 24 percent 704 19.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 441 12.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 13 0.1   30 to 34 percent 283 7.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 25 0.2   35 percent or more 941 26.2
No telephone service 51 0.5   Not computed 107 3.0


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