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Reading, Massachusetts Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Reading, Massachusetts      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  8,823  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 8,688 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,553 74.3   1.00 or less 8,649 99.6
1-unit, attached 257 2.9   1.01 to 1.50 39 0.4
2 units 565 6.4   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 246 2.8        
5 to 9 units 214 2.4             Specified owner-occupied units 6,320 100.0
10 to 19 units 381 4.3   VALUE
20 or more units 601 6.8   Less than $50,000 22 0.3
Mobile home 6 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 21 0.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 136 2.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 692 10.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 3,147 49.8
1999 to March 2000 21 0.2   $300,000 to $499,999 2,053 32.5
1995 to 1998 439 5.0   $500,000 to $999,999 249 3.9
1990 to 1994 271 3.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 904 10.2   Median (dollars) 271,600 (x)
1970 to 1979 896 10.2        
1960 to 1969 1,164 13.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,327 26.4        
1939 or earlier 2,801 31.7   With a mortgage 4,587 72.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 25 0.4
1 room 161 1.8        $500 to $699 112 1.8
2 rooms 201 2.3        $700 to $999 246 3.9
3 rooms 528 6.0        $1,000 to $1,499 1,348 21.3
4 rooms 652 7.4        $1,500 to $1,999 1,471 23.3
5 rooms 936 10.6        $2,000 or more 1,385 21.9
6 rooms 1,691 19.2        Median (dollars) 1,656 (x)
7 rooms 1,623 18.4   Not mortgaged 1,733 27.4
8 rooms 1,450 16.4        Median (dollars) 537 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,581 17.9        
Median (rooms) 6.6 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

8,688 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,045 32.4
1999 to March 2000 860 9.9   15 to 19 percent 1,191 18.8
1995 to 1998 2,120 24.4   20 to 24 percent 1,114 17.6
1990 to 1994 1,429 16.4   25 to 29 percent 685 10.8
1980 to 1989 1,722 19.8   30 to 34 percent 382 6.0
1970 to 1979 1,066 12.3   35 percent or more 903 14.3
1969 or earlier 1,491 17.2   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,527 100.0
None 474 5.5   GROSS RENT    
1 2,369 27.3   Less than $200 45 2.9
2 4,333 49.9   $200 to $299 144 9.4
3 or more 1,512 17.4   $300 to $499 181 11.9
        $500 to $749 391 25.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 320 21.0
Utility Gas 2,648 30.5   $1,000 to $1,499 345 22.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 36 0.4   $1,500 or more 48 3.1
Electricity 358 4.1   No cash rent 53 3.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 5,578 64.2   Median (dollars) 739 (x)
Coal or coke 7 0.1        
Wood 7 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 34 0.4   Less than 15 percent 267 17.5
No fuel used 20 0.2   15 to 19 percent 220 14.4
        20 to 24 percent 222 14.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 268 17.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9 0.1   30 to 34 percent 141 9.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 7 0.1   35 percent or more 332 21.7
No telephone service 9 0.1   Not computed 77 5.0


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