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Northampton, Massachusetts Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Northampton, Massachusetts      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  7,409  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 7,024 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,314 31.2   1.00 or less 6,937 98.8
1-unit, attached 347 4.7   1.01 to 1.50 50 0.7
2 units 1,034 14.0   1.51 or more 37 0.5
3 or 4 units 1,260 17.0        
5 to 9 units 996 13.4             Specified owner-occupied units 1,990 100.0
10 to 19 units 487 6.6   VALUE
20 or more units 956 12.9   Less than $50,000 13 0.7
Mobile home 15 0.2   $50,000 to $99,999 263 13.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 700 35.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 380 19.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 410 20.6
1999 to March 2000 34 0.5   $300,000 to $499,999 217 10.9
1995 to 1998 47 0.6   $500,000 to $999,999 7 0.4
1990 to 1994 183 2.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 470 6.3   Median (dollars) 152,000 (x)
1970 to 1979 795 10.7        
1960 to 1969 584 7.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,258 17.0        
1939 or earlier 4,038 54.5   With a mortgage 1,191 59.8
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 51 2.6
1 room 236 3.2        $500 to $699 147 7.4
2 rooms 631 8.5        $700 to $999 213 10.7
3 rooms 1,188 16.0        $1,000 to $1,499 434 21.8
4 rooms 1,717 23.2        $1,500 to $1,999 192 9.6
5 rooms 1,313 17.7        $2,000 or more 154 7.7
6 rooms 840 11.3        Median (dollars) 1,208 (x)
7 rooms 604 8.2   Not mortgaged 799 40.2
8 rooms 399 5.4        Median (dollars) 388 (x)
9 or more rooms 481 6.5        
Median (rooms) 4.5 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

7,024 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 806 40.5
1999 to March 2000 1,764 25.1   15 to 19 percent 304 15.3
1995 to 1998 2,285 32.5   20 to 24 percent 286 14.4
1990 to 1994 1,005 14.3   25 to 29 percent 125 6.3
1980 to 1989 771 11.0   30 to 34 percent 122 6.1
1970 to 1979 342 4.9   35 percent or more 320 16.1
1969 or earlier 857 12.2   Not computed 27 1.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 4,257 100.0
None 1,003 14.3   GROSS RENT    
1 3,552 50.6   Less than $200 368 8.6
2 2,072 29.5   $200 to $299 240 5.6
3 or more 397 5.7   $300 to $499 487 11.4
        $500 to $749 1,573 37.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,109 26.1
Utility Gas 3,588 51.1   $1,000 to $1,499 309 7.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 198 2.8   $1,500 or more 16 0.4
Electricity 1,400 19.9   No cash rent 155 3.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,786 25.4   Median (dollars) 658 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 15 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 26 0.4   Less than 15 percent 730 17.1
No fuel used 11 0.2   15 to 19 percent 719 16.9
        20 to 24 percent 572 13.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 631 14.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 45 0.6   30 to 34 percent 271 6.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 84 1.2   35 percent or more 1,114 26.2
No telephone service 66 0.9   Not computed 220 5.2


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