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New Bedford, Massachusetts 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 38,178 100.0
1-unit, detached 12,113 31.7   1.00 or less 37,014 97.0
1-unit, attached 1,152 3.0   1.01 to 1.50 802 2.1
2 units 7,316 19.2   1.51 or more 362 0.9
3 or 4 units 10,524 27.6        
5 to 9 units 3,286 8.6             Specified owner-occupied units 10,920 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,123 2.9   VALUE
20 or more units 2,542 6.7   Less than $50,000 152 1.4
Mobile home 114 0.3   $50,000 to $99,999 3,473 31.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 8 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 5,755 52.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,202 11.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 282 2.6
1999 to March 2000 116 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 36 0.3
1995 to 1998 369 1.0   $500,000 to $999,999 20 0.2
1990 to 1994 819 2.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,030 5.3   Median (dollars) 113,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 3,592 9.4        
1960 to 1969 3,897 10.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 8,750 22.9        
1939 or earlier 18,605 48.7   With a mortgage 6,920 63.4
             Less than $300 12 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 279 2.6
1 room 497 1.3        $500 to $699 695 6.4
2 rooms 1,610 4.2        $700 to $999 2,348 21.5
3 rooms 3,489 9.1        $1,000 to $1,499 2,854 26.1
4 rooms 7,521 19.7        $1,500 to $1,999 549 5.0
5 rooms 10,895 28.5        $2,000 or more 183 1.7
6 rooms 7,623 20.0        Median (dollars) 1,017 (x)
7 rooms 3,455 9.0   Not mortgaged 4,000 36.6
8 rooms 1,642 4.3        Median (dollars) 338 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,446 3.8        
Median (rooms) 5.0 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

38,178 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 3,555 32.6
1999 to March 2000 6,975 18.3   15 to 19 percent 1,963 18.0
1995 to 1998 10,378 27.2   20 to 24 percent 1,571 14.4
1990 to 1994 5,714 15.0   25 to 29 percent 1,189 10.9
1980 to 1989 5,725 15.0   30 to 34 percent 653 6.0
1970 to 1979 3,859 10.1   35 percent or more 1,878 17.2
1969 or earlier 5,527 14.5   Not computed 111 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 21,402 100.0
None 8,298 21.7   GROSS RENT    
1 16,800 44.0   Less than $200 2,238 10.5
2 10,403 27.2   $200 to $299 2,209 10.3
3 or more 2,677 7.0   $300 to $499 8,276 38.7
        $500 to $749 6,877 32.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,098 5.1
Utility Gas 28,673 75.1   $1,000 to $1,499 182 0.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 769 2.0   $1,500 or more 38 0.2
Electricity 1,798 4.7   No cash rent 484 2.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 6,602 17.3   Median (dollars) 455 (x)
Coal or coke 14 0.0        
Wood 30 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 6 0.0        
Other fuel 178 0.5   Less than 15 percent 4,739 22.1
No fuel used 108 0.3   15 to 19 percent 2,600 12.1
        20 to 24 percent 2,252 10.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 2,389 11.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 326 0.9   30 to 34 percent 1,470 6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 306 0.8   35 percent or more 6,839 32.0
No telephone service 973 2.5   Not computed 1,113 5.2


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