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Cambridge, 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 42,615 100.0
1-unit, detached 3,804 8.9   1.00 or less 40,767 95.7
1-unit, attached 2,500 5.9   1.01 to 1.50 1,009 2.4
2 units 6,305 14.8   1.51 or more 839 2.0
3 or 4 units 8,706 20.4        
5 to 9 units 5,206 12.2             Specified owner-occupied units 4,453 100.0
10 to 19 units 3,175 7.5   VALUE
20 or more units 12,878 30.2   Less than $50,000 33 0.7
Mobile home 27 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 27 0.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 14 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 119 2.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 281 6.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,083 24.3
1999 to March 2000 234 0.5   $300,000 to $499,999 1,245 28.0
1995 to 1998 901 2.1   $500,000 to $999,999 1,149 25.8
1990 to 1994 768 1.8   $1,000,000 or more 516 11.6
1980 to 1989 2,539 6.0   Median (dollars) 398,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 4,582 10.8        
1960 to 1969 3,957 9.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 5,735 13.5        
1939 or earlier 23,899 56.1   With a mortgage 2,999 67.3
             Less than $300 32 0.7
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 28 0.6
1 room 2,708 6.4        $500 to $699 43 1.0
2 rooms 4,923 11.6        $700 to $999 247 5.5
3 rooms 8,296 19.5        $1,000 to $1,499 668 15.0
4 rooms 8,802 20.7        $1,500 to $1,999 601 13.5
5 rooms 7,963 18.7        $2,000 or more 1,380 31.0
6 rooms 4,126 9.7        Median (dollars) 1,896 (x)
7 rooms 1,994 4.7   Not mortgaged 1,454 32.7
8 rooms 1,389 3.3        Median (dollars) 526 (x)
9 or more rooms 2,414 5.7        
Median (rooms) 4.1 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

42,615 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,781 40.0
1999 to March 2000 11,433 26.8   15 to 19 percent 710 15.9
1995 to 1998 13,674 32.1   20 to 24 percent 580 13.0
1990 to 1994 6,287 14.8   25 to 29 percent 367 8.2
1980 to 1989 5,355 12.6   30 to 34 percent 243 5.5
1970 to 1979 2,706 6.3   35 percent or more 734 16.5
1969 or earlier 3,160 7.4   Not computed 38 0.9
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 28,880 100.0
None 11,812 27.7   GROSS RENT    
1 21,943 51.5   Less than $200 1,656 5.7
2 7,466 17.5   $200 to $299 1,070 3.7
3 or more 1,394 3.3   $300 to $499 1,996 6.9
        $500 to $749 4,399 15.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 6,098 21.1
Utility Gas 26,903 63.1   $1,000 to $1,499 8,661 30.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 1,263 3.0   $1,500 or more 4,554 15.8
Electricity 5,999 14.1   No cash rent 446 1.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 7,806 18.3   Median (dollars) 962 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 6 0.0        
Other fuel 491 1.2   Less than 15 percent 4,397 15.2
No fuel used 147 0.3   15 to 19 percent 3,933 13.6
        20 to 24 percent 3,522 12.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 3,520 12.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 345 0.8   30 to 34 percent 2,633 9.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 367 0.9   35 percent or more 9,478 32.8
No telephone service 438 1.0   Not computed 1,397 4.8


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