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Acton, Massachusetts Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Acton, Massachusetts      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  7,454  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 7,272 100.0
1-unit, detached 4,896 65.7   1.00 or less 7,209 99.1
1-unit, attached 400 5.4   1.01 to 1.50 36 0.5
2 units 203 2.7   1.51 or more 27 0.4
3 or 4 units 271 3.6        
5 to 9 units 359 4.8             Specified owner-occupied units 4,639 100.0
10 to 19 units 679 9.1   VALUE
20 or more units 638 8.6   Less than $50,000 21 0.5
Mobile home 3 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 21 0.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 5 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 48 1.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 314 6.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,425 30.7
1999 to March 2000 78 1.0   $300,000 to $499,999 2,148 46.3
1995 to 1998 387 5.2   $500,000 to $999,999 654 14.1
1990 to 1994 446 6.0   $1,000,000 or more 8 0.2
1980 to 1989 859 11.5   Median (dollars) 335,700 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,966 26.4        
1960 to 1969 1,792 24.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,058 14.2        
1939 or earlier 868 11.6   With a mortgage 3,658 78.9
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 0 0.0
1 room 100 1.3        $500 to $699 19 0.4
2 rooms 306 4.1        $700 to $999 154 3.3
3 rooms 579 7.8        $1,000 to $1,499 484 10.4
4 rooms 777 10.4        $1,500 to $1,999 1,031 22.2
5 rooms 695 9.3        $2,000 or more 1,970 42.5
6 rooms 745 10.0        Median (dollars) 2,084 (x)
7 rooms 946 12.7   Not mortgaged 981 21.1
8 rooms 1,646 22.1        Median (dollars) 654 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,660 22.3        
Median (rooms) 7.1 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

7,272 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,444 31.1
1999 to March 2000 1,068 14.7   15 to 19 percent 825 17.8
1995 to 1998 2,247 30.9   20 to 24 percent 841 18.1
1990 to 1994 1,328 18.3   25 to 29 percent 553 11.9
1980 to 1989 1,242 17.1   30 to 34 percent 246 5.3
1970 to 1979 858 11.8   35 percent or more 730 15.7
1969 or earlier 529 7.3   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,781 100.0
None 234 3.2   GROSS RENT    
1 1,871 25.7   Less than $200 59 3.3
2 3,997 55.0   $200 to $299 33 1.9
3 or more 1,170 16.1   $300 to $499 55 3.1
        $500 to $749 382 21.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 773 43.4
Utility Gas 2,939 40.4   $1,000 to $1,499 366 20.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 163 2.2   $1,500 or more 72 4.0
Electricity 1,157 15.9   No cash rent 41 2.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,967 40.8   Median (dollars) 865 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 28 0.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 6 0.1        
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 372 20.9
No fuel used 12 0.2   15 to 19 percent 368 20.7
        20 to 24 percent 267 15.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 209 11.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 5 0.1   30 to 34 percent 131 7.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 393 22.1
No telephone service 12 0.2   Not computed 41 2.3


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