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Kensington, Maryland Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Kensington, Maryland      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  7,442  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 7,230 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,262 84.1   1.00 or less 7,131 98.6
1-unit, attached 363 4.9   1.01 to 1.50 47 0.7
2 units 20 0.3   1.51 or more 52 0.7
3 or 4 units 24 0.3        
5 to 9 units 98 1.3             Specified owner-occupied units 5,539 100.0
10 to 19 units 151 2.0   VALUE
20 or more units 524 7.0   Less than $50,000 6 0.1
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 55 1.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 479 8.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,491 26.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,818 32.8
1999 to March 2000 14 0.2   $300,000 to $499,999 1,325 23.9
1995 to 1998 110 1.5   $500,000 to $999,999 355 6.4
1990 to 1994 125 1.7   $1,000,000 or more 10 0.2
1980 to 1989 339 4.6   Median (dollars) 229,800 (x)
1970 to 1979 496 6.7        
1960 to 1969 1,245 16.7   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 4,549 61.1        
1939 or earlier 564 7.6   With a mortgage 4,206 75.9
             Less than $300 7 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 70 1.3
1 room 91 1.2        $500 to $699 106 1.9
2 rooms 101 1.4        $700 to $999 295 5.3
3 rooms 324 4.4        $1,000 to $1,499 1,183 21.4
4 rooms 493 6.6        $1,500 to $1,999 1,281 23.1
5 rooms 750 10.1        $2,000 or more 1,264 22.8
6 rooms 1,197 16.1        Median (dollars) 1,649 (x)
7 rooms 1,356 18.2   Not mortgaged 1,333 24.1
8 rooms 1,456 19.6        Median (dollars) 394 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,674 22.5        
Median (rooms) 7.1 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

7,230 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,183 39.4
1999 to March 2000 942 13.0   15 to 19 percent 961 17.3
1995 to 1998 1,907 26.4   20 to 24 percent 707 12.8
1990 to 1994 1,027 14.2   25 to 29 percent 646 11.7
1980 to 1989 1,182 16.3   30 to 34 percent 338 6.1
1970 to 1979 942 13.0   35 percent or more 697 12.6
1969 or earlier 1,230 17.0   Not computed 7 0.1
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,218 100.0
None 538 7.4   GROSS RENT    
1 2,277 31.5   Less than $200 37 3.0
2 3,130 43.3   $200 to $299 53 4.4
3 or more 1,285 17.8   $300 to $499 87 7.1
        $500 to $749 108 8.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 193 15.8
Utility Gas 6,302 87.2   $1,000 to $1,499 468 38.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 51 0.7   $1,500 or more 200 16.4
Electricity 709 9.8   No cash rent 72 5.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 143 2.0   Median (dollars) 1,094 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 5 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 5 0.1   Less than 15 percent 234 19.2
No fuel used 15 0.2   15 to 19 percent 181 14.9
        20 to 24 percent 175 14.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 151 12.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 13 0.2   30 to 34 percent 84 6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 12 0.2   35 percent or more 312 25.6
No telephone service 6 0.1   Not computed 81 6.7


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