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Plainfield, New Jersey 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 15,137 100.0
1-unit, detached 7,287 48.1   1.00 or less 13,179 87.1
1-unit, attached 562 3.7   1.01 to 1.50 1,096 7.2
2 units 2,071 13.7   1.51 or more 862 5.7
3 or 4 units 1,624 10.7        
5 to 9 units 705 4.7             Specified owner-occupied units 6,508 100.0
10 to 19 units 637 4.2   VALUE
20 or more units 2,222 14.7   Less than $50,000 31 0.5
Mobile home 29 0.2   $50,000 to $99,999 1,086 16.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 2,896 44.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,630 25.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 566 8.7
1999 to March 2000 37 0.2   $300,000 to $499,999 269 4.1
1995 to 1998 98 0.6   $500,000 to $999,999 30 0.5
1990 to 1994 94 0.6   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 680 4.5   Median (dollars) 137,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,444 9.5        
1960 to 1969 1,819 12.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 5,768 38.1        
1939 or earlier 5,197 34.3   With a mortgage 5,203 79.9
             Less than $300 6 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 0 0.0
1 room 558 3.7        $500 to $699 104 1.6
2 rooms 797 5.3        $700 to $999 562 8.6
3 rooms 2,181 14.4        $1,000 to $1,499 1,643 25.2
4 rooms 2,161 14.3        $1,500 to $1,999 1,750 26.9
5 rooms 2,508 16.6        $2,000 or more 1,138 17.5
6 rooms 2,436 16.1        Median (dollars) 1,572 (x)
7 rooms 1,801 11.9   Not mortgaged 1,305 20.1
8 rooms 1,155 7.6        Median (dollars) 619 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,540 10.2        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

15,137 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,304 20.0
1999 to March 2000 2,657 17.6   15 to 19 percent 1,028 15.8
1995 to 1998 4,406 29.1   20 to 24 percent 1,128 17.3
1990 to 1994 2,609 17.2   25 to 29 percent 730 11.2
1980 to 1989 2,395 15.8   30 to 34 percent 584 9.0
1970 to 1979 1,393 9.2   35 percent or more 1,674 25.7
1969 or earlier 1,677 11.1   Not computed 60 0.9
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 7,558 100.0
None 2,610 17.2   GROSS RENT    
1 5,763 38.1   Less than $200 480 6.4
2 4,281 28.3   $200 to $299 268 3.5
3 or more 2,483 16.4   $300 to $499 650 8.6
        $500 to $749 2,688 35.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 2,463 32.6
Utility Gas 9,895 65.4   $1,000 to $1,499 802 10.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 269 1.8   $1,500 or more 127 1.7
Electricity 1,348 8.9   No cash rent 80 1.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 3,499 23.1   Median (dollars) 726 (x)
Coal or coke 9 0.1        
Wood 11 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 65 0.4   Less than 15 percent 1,397 18.5
No fuel used 41 0.3   15 to 19 percent 1,068 14.1
        20 to 24 percent 1,035 13.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 890 11.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 161 1.1   30 to 34 percent 596 7.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 116 0.8   35 percent or more 2,354 31.1
No telephone service 658 4.3   Not computed 218 2.9


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