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Worcester, 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 67,028 100.0
1-unit, detached 22,552 33.6   1.00 or less 64,085 95.6
1-unit, attached 2,737 4.1   1.01 to 1.50 1,800 2.7
2 units 7,038 10.5   1.51 or more 1,143 1.7
3 or 4 units 17,194 25.7        
5 to 9 units 5,211 7.8             Specified owner-occupied units 21,591 100.0
10 to 19 units 3,945 5.9   VALUE
20 or more units 8,169 12.2   Less than $50,000 170 0.8
Mobile home 175 0.3   $50,000 to $99,999 5,841 27.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 7 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 10,515 48.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 3,245 15.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,316 6.1
1999 to March 2000 406 0.6   $300,000 to $499,999 450 2.1
1995 to 1998 1,007 1.5   $500,000 to $999,999 54 0.3
1990 to 1994 2,058 3.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 6,777 10.1   Median (dollars) 119,600 (x)
1970 to 1979 6,307 9.4        
1960 to 1969 6,256 9.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 15,449 23.0        
1939 or earlier 28,768 42.9   With a mortgage 14,542 67.4
             Less than $300 37 0.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 306 1.4
1 room 1,592 2.4        $500 to $699 1,050 4.9
2 rooms 3,938 5.9        $700 to $999 4,123 19.1
3 rooms 7,366 11.0        $1,000 to $1,499 6,317 29.3
4 rooms 11,058 16.5        $1,500 to $1,999 1,900 8.8
5 rooms 15,790 23.6        $2,000 or more 809 3.7
6 rooms 14,766 22.0        Median (dollars) 1,111 (x)
7 rooms 6,373 9.5   Not mortgaged 7,049 32.6
8 rooms 3,291 4.9        Median (dollars) 357 (x)
9 or more rooms 2,854 4.3        
Median (rooms) 5.1 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

67,028 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 7,558 35.0
1999 to March 2000 13,617 20.3   15 to 19 percent 4,228 19.6
1995 to 1998 20,958 31.3   20 to 24 percent 3,032 14.0
1990 to 1994 9,928 14.8   25 to 29 percent 2,049 9.5
1980 to 1989 8,292 12.4   30 to 34 percent 1,294 6.0
1970 to 1979 5,389 8.0   35 percent or more 3,286 15.2
1969 or earlier 8,844 13.2   Not computed 144 0.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 37,908 100.0
None 12,139 18.1   GROSS RENT    
1 30,137 45.0   Less than $200 3,294 8.7
2 19,795 29.5   $200 to $299 2,321 6.1
3 or more 4,957 7.4   $300 to $499 7,237 19.1
        $500 to $749 17,412 45.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 5,509 14.5
Utility Gas 37,922 56.6   $1,000 to $1,499 1,245 3.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 1,466 2.2   $1,500 or more 113 0.3
Electricity 11,776 17.6   No cash rent 777 2.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 14,919 22.3   Median (dollars) 577 (x)
Coal or coke 46 0.1        
Wood 122 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 13 0.0        
Other fuel 345 0.5   Less than 15 percent 8,296 21.9
No fuel used 419 0.6   15 to 19 percent 5,168 13.6
        20 to 24 percent 4,426 11.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 4,014 10.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 825 1.2   30 to 34 percent 2,895 7.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 748 1.1   35 percent or more 11,093 29.3
No telephone service 1,305 1.9   Not computed 2,016 5.3


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