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Wakefield, Massachusetts Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Wakefield, Massachusetts      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  9,937  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 9,747 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,227 62.7   1.00 or less 9,714 99.7
1-unit, attached 275 2.8   1.01 to 1.50 18 0.2
2 units 1,438 14.5   1.51 or more 15 0.2
3 or 4 units 704 7.1        
5 to 9 units 348 3.5             Specified owner-occupied units 5,889 100.0
10 to 19 units 271 2.7   VALUE
20 or more units 642 6.5   Less than $50,000 20 0.3
Mobile home 32 0.3   $50,000 to $99,999 44 0.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 129 2.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,301 22.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 2,940 49.9
1999 to March 2000 125 1.3   $300,000 to $499,999 1,342 22.8
1995 to 1998 245 2.5   $500,000 to $999,999 91 1.5
1990 to 1994 241 2.4   $1,000,000 or more 22 0.4
1980 to 1989 657 6.6   Median (dollars) 242,400 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,009 10.2        
1960 to 1969 782 7.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,922 29.4        
1939 or earlier 3,956 39.8   With a mortgage 4,066 69.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 48 0.8
1 room 80 0.8        $500 to $699 57 1.0
2 rooms 243 2.4        $700 to $999 296 5.0
3 rooms 823 8.3        $1,000 to $1,499 1,394 23.7
4 rooms 1,237 12.4        $1,500 to $1,999 1,442 24.5
5 rooms 1,343 13.5        $2,000 or more 829 14.1
6 rooms 2,042 20.5        Median (dollars) 1,577 (x)
7 rooms 2,001 20.1   Not mortgaged 1,823 31.0
8 rooms 1,164 11.7        Median (dollars) 474 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,004 10.1        
Median (rooms) 6.1 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

9,747 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,986 33.7
1999 to March 2000 1,220 12.5   15 to 19 percent 1,086 18.4
1995 to 1998 2,305 23.6   20 to 24 percent 824 14.0
1990 to 1994 1,397 14.3   25 to 29 percent 664 11.3
1980 to 1989 1,924 19.7   30 to 34 percent 404 6.9
1970 to 1979 1,136 11.7   35 percent or more 910 15.5
1969 or earlier 1,765 18.1   Not computed 15 0.3
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,727 100.0
None 631 6.5   GROSS RENT    
1 3,375 34.6   Less than $200 148 5.4
2 4,294 44.1   $200 to $299 66 2.4
3 or more 1,447 14.8   $300 to $499 149 5.5
        $500 to $749 767 28.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 821 30.1
Utility Gas 2,928 30.0   $1,000 to $1,499 568 20.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 52 0.5   $1,500 or more 61 2.2
Electricity 627 6.4   No cash rent 147 5.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 6,106 62.6   Median (dollars) 795 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 27 0.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 7 0.1   Less than 15 percent 601 22.0
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 474 17.4
        20 to 24 percent 392 14.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 375 13.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 29 0.3   30 to 34 percent 209 7.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 16 0.2   35 percent or more 511 18.7
No telephone service 8 0.1   Not computed 165 6.1


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