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Salem, Massachusetts Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Salem, Massachusetts      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  18,175  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 17,492 100.0
1-unit, detached 4,915 27.0   1.00 or less 17,060 97.5
1-unit, attached 1,125 6.2   1.01 to 1.50 262 1.5
2 units 3,751 20.6   1.51 or more 170 1.0
3 or 4 units 3,632 20.0        
5 to 9 units 1,647 9.1             Specified owner-occupied units 5,236 100.0
10 to 19 units 885 4.9   VALUE
20 or more units 2,220 12.2   Less than $50,000 0 0.0
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 131 2.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,030 19.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,936 37.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,777 33.9
1999 to March 2000 74 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 293 5.6
1995 to 1998 319 1.8   $500,000 to $999,999 69 1.3
1990 to 1994 322 1.8   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,601 8.8   Median (dollars) 188,700 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,627 9.0        
1960 to 1969 1,479 8.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,913 16.0        
1939 or earlier 9,840 54.1   With a mortgage 3,543 67.7
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 37 0.7
1 room 499 2.7        $500 to $699 136 2.6
2 rooms 1,071 5.9        $700 to $999 312 6.0
3 rooms 2,315 12.7        $1,000 to $1,499 1,671 31.9
4 rooms 3,473 19.1        $1,500 to $1,999 1,025 19.6
5 rooms 4,342 23.9        $2,000 or more 362 6.9
6 rooms 2,982 16.4        Median (dollars) 1,400 (x)
7 rooms 1,490 8.2   Not mortgaged 1,693 32.3
8 rooms 887 4.9        Median (dollars) 421 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,116 6.1        
Median (rooms) 4.9 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

17,492 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,597 30.5
1999 to March 2000 3,271 18.7   15 to 19 percent 906 17.3
1995 to 1998 5,551 31.7   20 to 24 percent 772 14.7
1990 to 1994 2,742 15.7   25 to 29 percent 620 11.8
1980 to 1989 2,230 12.7   30 to 34 percent 297 5.7
1970 to 1979 1,176 6.7   35 percent or more 992 18.9
1969 or earlier 2,522 14.4   Not computed 52 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 8,898 100.0
None 2,311 13.2   GROSS RENT    
1 7,938 45.4   Less than $200 478 5.4
2 5,849 33.4   $200 to $299 408 4.6
3 or more 1,394 8.0   $300 to $499 1,042 11.7
        $500 to $749 3,032 34.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 2,738 30.8
Utility Gas 7,635 43.6   $1,000 to $1,499 867 9.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 245 1.4   $1,500 or more 55 0.6
Electricity 2,395 13.7   No cash rent 278 3.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 7,059 40.4   Median (dollars) 705 (x)
Coal or coke 10 0.1        
Wood 8 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 75 0.4   Less than 15 percent 1,600 18.0
No fuel used 65 0.4   15 to 19 percent 1,197 13.5
        20 to 24 percent 1,350 15.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,112 12.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 132 0.8   30 to 34 percent 744 8.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 174 1.0   35 percent or more 2,414 27.1
No telephone service 157 0.9   Not computed 481 5.4


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