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Essex, Maryland Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Essex, Maryland      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  18,579  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 17,376 100.0
1-unit, detached 7,577 40.8   1.00 or less 16,757 96.4
1-unit, attached 4,960 26.7   1.01 to 1.50 271 1.6
2 units 325 1.7   1.51 or more 348 2.0
3 or 4 units 1,009 5.4        
5 to 9 units 1,204 6.5             Specified owner-occupied units 8,728 100.0
10 to 19 units 2,396 12.9   VALUE
20 or more units 854 4.6   Less than $50,000 89 1.0
Mobile home 248 1.3   $50,000 to $99,999 4,124 47.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 6 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 3,165 36.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 796 9.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 419 4.8
1999 to March 2000 125 0.7   $300,000 to $499,999 103 1.2
1995 to 1998 531 2.9   $500,000 to $999,999 32 0.4
1990 to 1994 919 4.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,661 14.3   Median (dollars) 102,000 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,456 13.2        
1960 to 1969 2,782 15.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 7,544 40.6        
1939 or earlier 1,561 8.4   With a mortgage 5,843 66.9
             Less than $300 12 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 267 3.1
1 room 453 2.4        $500 to $699 569 6.5
2 rooms 715 3.8        $700 to $999 2,152 24.7
3 rooms 2,014 10.8        $1,000 to $1,499 2,047 23.5
4 rooms 3,505 18.9        $1,500 to $1,999 662 7.6
5 rooms 3,580 19.3        $2,000 or more 134 1.5
6 rooms 3,944 21.2        Median (dollars) 989 (x)
7 rooms 2,205 11.9   Not mortgaged 2,885 33.1
8 rooms 1,409 7.6        Median (dollars) 299 (x)
9 or more rooms 754 4.1        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

17,376 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,895 33.2
1999 to March 2000 3,487 20.1   15 to 19 percent 1,874 21.5
1995 to 1998 4,722 27.2   20 to 24 percent 1,281 14.7
1990 to 1994 2,582 14.9   25 to 29 percent 847 9.7
1980 to 1989 2,910 16.7   30 to 34 percent 530 6.1
1970 to 1979 1,299 7.5   35 percent or more 1,252 14.3
1969 or earlier 2,376 13.7   Not computed 49 0.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 7,809 100.0
None 3,145 18.1   GROSS RENT    
1 6,618 38.1   Less than $200 440 5.6
2 5,515 31.7   $200 to $299 391 5.0
3 or more 2,098 12.1   $300 to $499 2,904 37.2
        $500 to $749 2,759 35.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 943 12.1
Utility Gas 9,002 51.8   $1,000 to $1,499 209 2.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 174 1.0   $1,500 or more 33 0.4
Electricity 5,208 30.0   No cash rent 130 1.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,688 15.5   Median (dollars) 506 (x)
Coal or coke 19 0.1        
Wood 141 0.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 103 0.6   Less than 15 percent 1,530 19.6
No fuel used 41 0.2   15 to 19 percent 1,129 14.5
        20 to 24 percent 1,033 13.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 983 12.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 63 0.4   30 to 34 percent 542 6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 88 0.5   35 percent or more 2,308 29.6
No telephone service 566 3.3   Not computed 284 3.6


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