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Sterling, Massachusetts Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Sterling, Massachusetts      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  2,637  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,573 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,116 80.2   1.00 or less 2,564 99.7
1-unit, attached 120 4.6   1.01 to 1.50 9 0.3
2 units 219 8.3   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 105 4.0        
5 to 9 units 49 1.9             Specified owner-occupied units 1,932 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 37 1.9
Mobile home 28 1.1   $50,000 to $99,999 70 3.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 267 13.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 650 33.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 617 31.9
1999 to March 2000 35 1.3   $300,000 to $499,999 284 14.7
1995 to 1998 265 10.0   $500,000 to $999,999 7 0.4
1990 to 1994 165 6.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 527 20.0   Median (dollars) 195,700 (x)
1970 to 1979 548 20.8        
1960 to 1969 264 10.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 365 13.8        
1939 or earlier 468 17.7   With a mortgage 1,471 76.1
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 0 0.0
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 46 2.4
2 rooms 91 3.5        $700 to $999 151 7.8
3 rooms 79 3.0        $1,000 to $1,499 595 30.8
4 rooms 260 9.9        $1,500 to $1,999 435 22.5
5 rooms 484 18.4        $2,000 or more 244 12.6
6 rooms 430 16.3        Median (dollars) 1,446 (x)
7 rooms 480 18.2   Not mortgaged 461 23.9
8 rooms 410 15.5        Median (dollars) 380 (x)
9 or more rooms 403 15.3        
Median (rooms) 6.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

2,573 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 636 32.9
1999 to March 2000 273 10.6   15 to 19 percent 339 17.5
1995 to 1998 653 25.4   20 to 24 percent 282 14.6
1990 to 1994 508 19.7   25 to 29 percent 279 14.4
1980 to 1989 475 18.5   30 to 34 percent 133 6.9
1970 to 1979 410 15.9   35 percent or more 263 13.6
1969 or earlier 254 9.9   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 385 100.0
None 132 5.1   GROSS RENT    
1 473 18.4   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 1,372 53.3   $200 to $299 24 6.2
3 or more 596 23.2   $300 to $499 62 16.1
        $500 to $749 150 39.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 59 15.3
Utility Gas 10 0.4   $1,000 to $1,499 49 12.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 92 3.6   $1,500 or more 9 2.3
Electricity 152 5.9   No cash rent 32 8.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,222 86.4   Median (dollars) 563 (x)
Coal or coke 7 0.3        
Wood 66 2.6   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 13 0.5        
Other fuel 11 0.4   Less than 15 percent 97 25.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 67 17.4
        20 to 24 percent 44 11.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 57 14.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 23 6.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 65 16.9
No telephone service 7 0.3   Not computed 32 8.3


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