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Essex, Massachusetts Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Essex, Massachusetts      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  1,446  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,313 100.0
1-unit, detached 944 65.3   1.00 or less 1,308 99.6
1-unit, attached 74 5.1   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 206 14.2   1.51 or more 5 0.4
3 or 4 units 103 7.1        
5 to 9 units 60 4.1             Specified owner-occupied units 700 100.0
10 to 19 units 30 2.1   VALUE
20 or more units 24 1.7   Less than $50,000 0 0.0
Mobile home 5 0.3   $50,000 to $99,999 6 0.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 19 2.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 130 18.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 256 36.6
1999 to March 2000 11 0.8   $300,000 to $499,999 199 28.4
1995 to 1998 86 5.9   $500,000 to $999,999 90 12.9
1990 to 1994 63 4.4   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 80 5.5   Median (dollars) 276,200 (x)
1970 to 1979 143 9.9        
1960 to 1969 282 19.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 204 14.1        
1939 or earlier 577 39.9   With a mortgage 497 71.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 11 1.6
1 room 7 0.5        $500 to $699 0 0.0
2 rooms 63 4.4        $700 to $999 52 7.4
3 rooms 167 11.5        $1,000 to $1,499 147 21.0
4 rooms 250 17.3        $1,500 to $1,999 108 15.4
5 rooms 171 11.8        $2,000 or more 179 25.6
6 rooms 185 12.8        Median (dollars) 1,650 (x)
7 rooms 280 19.4   Not mortgaged 203 29.0
8 rooms 119 8.2        Median (dollars) 456 (x)
9 or more rooms 204 14.1        
Median (rooms) 5.9 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

1,313 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 224 32.0
1999 to March 2000 159 12.1   15 to 19 percent 77 11.0
1995 to 1998 393 29.9   20 to 24 percent 86 12.3
1990 to 1994 234 17.8   25 to 29 percent 70 10.0
1980 to 1989 167 12.7   30 to 34 percent 23 3.3
1970 to 1979 173 13.2   35 percent or more 215 30.7
1969 or earlier 187 14.2   Not computed 5 0.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 387 100.0
None 51 3.9   GROSS RENT    
1 418 31.8   Less than $200 32 8.3
2 625 47.6   $200 to $299 24 6.2
3 or more 219 16.7   $300 to $499 17 4.4
        $500 to $749 98 25.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 150 38.8
Utility Gas 402 30.6   $1,000 to $1,499 37 9.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 94 7.2   $1,500 or more 15 3.9
Electricity 206 15.7   No cash rent 14 3.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 581 44.2   Median (dollars) 768 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 30 2.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 85 22.0
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 71 18.3
        20 to 24 percent 46 11.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 54 14.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 7 0.5   30 to 34 percent 39 10.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 70 18.1
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 22 5.7


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