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Canton, Massachusetts Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Canton, Massachusetts      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  8,163  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 7,952 100.0
1-unit, detached 5,210 63.8   1.00 or less 7,906 99.4
1-unit, attached 342 4.2   1.01 to 1.50 46 0.6
2 units 569 7.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 180 2.2        
5 to 9 units 616 7.5             Specified owner-occupied units 4,964 100.0
10 to 19 units 742 9.1   VALUE
20 or more units 504 6.2   Less than $50,000 29 0.6
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 30 0.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 163 3.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 815 16.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 2,096 42.2
1999 to March 2000 116 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 1,360 27.4
1995 to 1998 437 5.4   $500,000 to $999,999 454 9.1
1990 to 1994 863 10.6   $1,000,000 or more 17 0.3
1980 to 1989 1,222 15.0   Median (dollars) 266,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,083 13.3        
1960 to 1969 1,353 16.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,674 20.5        
1939 or earlier 1,415 17.3   With a mortgage 3,561 71.7
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 9 0.2
1 room 61 0.7        $500 to $699 92 1.9
2 rooms 292 3.6        $700 to $999 279 5.6
3 rooms 558 6.8        $1,000 to $1,499 931 18.8
4 rooms 936 11.5        $1,500 to $1,999 1,181 23.8
5 rooms 1,293 15.8        $2,000 or more 1,069 21.5
6 rooms 1,236 15.1        Median (dollars) 1,685 (x)
7 rooms 1,279 15.7   Not mortgaged 1,403 28.3
8 rooms 1,066 13.1        Median (dollars) 504 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,442 17.7        
Median (rooms) 6.3 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

7,952 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,560 31.4
1999 to March 2000 1,264 15.9   15 to 19 percent 750 15.1
1995 to 1998 2,053 25.8   20 to 24 percent 794 16.0
1990 to 1994 1,373 17.3   25 to 29 percent 562 11.3
1980 to 1989 1,128 14.2   30 to 34 percent 318 6.4
1970 to 1979 947 11.9   35 percent or more 965 19.4
1969 or earlier 1,187 14.9   Not computed 15 0.3
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,045 100.0
None 535 6.7   GROSS RENT    
1 2,498 31.4   Less than $200 112 5.5
2 3,735 47.0   $200 to $299 102 5.0
3 or more 1,184 14.9   $300 to $499 189 9.2
        $500 to $749 202 9.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 444 21.7
Utility Gas 4,264 53.6   $1,000 to $1,499 744 36.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 80 1.0   $1,500 or more 197 9.6
Electricity 1,021 12.8   No cash rent 55 2.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,517 31.7   Median (dollars) 965 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 30 0.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 9 0.1   Less than 15 percent 389 19.0
No fuel used 31 0.4   15 to 19 percent 405 19.8
        20 to 24 percent 265 13.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 212 10.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 18 0.2   30 to 34 percent 110 5.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 32 0.4   35 percent or more 609 29.8
No telephone service 30 0.4   Not computed 55 2.7


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