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Reading, Pennsylvania 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 30,108 100.0
1-unit, detached 3,607 12.0   1.00 or less 27,969 92.9
1-unit, attached 15,476 51.4   1.01 to 1.50 1,137 3.8
2 units 2,689 8.9   1.51 or more 1,002 3.3
3 or 4 units 3,515 11.7        
5 to 9 units 1,572 5.2             Specified owner-occupied units 13,970 100.0
10 to 19 units 753 2.5   VALUE
20 or more units 2,408 8.0   Less than $50,000 8,508 60.9
Mobile home 88 0.3   $50,000 to $99,999 4,421 31.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 631 4.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 260 1.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 105 0.8
1999 to March 2000 100 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 26 0.2
1995 to 1998 108 0.4   $500,000 to $999,999 19 0.1
1990 to 1994 430 1.4   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,064 3.5   Median (dollars) 44,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,954 6.5        
1960 to 1969 2,256 7.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 6,928 23.0        
1939 or earlier 17,268 57.4   With a mortgage 8,476 60.7
             Less than $300 54 0.4
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 1,118 8.0
1 room 908 3.0        $500 to $699 2,732 19.6
2 rooms 1,790 5.9        $700 to $999 3,036 21.7
3 rooms 3,930 13.1        $1,000 to $1,499 1,222 8.7
4 rooms 3,987 13.2        $1,500 to $1,999 240 1.7
5 rooms 4,284 14.2        $2,000 or more 74 0.5
6 rooms 4,943 16.4        Median (dollars) 724 (x)
7 rooms 4,174 13.9   Not mortgaged 5,494 39.3
8 rooms 3,806 12.6        Median (dollars) 299 (x)
9 or more rooms 2,286 7.6        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

30,108 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 5,118 36.6
1999 to March 2000 7,582 25.2   15 to 19 percent 2,584 18.5
1995 to 1998 8,072 26.8   20 to 24 percent 1,633 11.7
1990 to 1994 4,242 14.1   25 to 29 percent 1,116 8.0
1980 to 1989 3,710 12.3   30 to 34 percent 847 6.1
1970 to 1979 2,345 7.8   35 percent or more 2,464 17.6
1969 or earlier 4,157 13.8   Not computed 208 1.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 14,726 100.0
None 8,920 29.6   GROSS RENT    
1 12,010 39.9   Less than $200 1,483 10.1
2 7,197 23.9   $200 to $299 1,146 7.8
3 or more 1,981 6.6   $300 to $499 5,964 40.5
        $500 to $749 4,547 30.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 915 6.2
Utility Gas 13,136 43.6   $1,000 to $1,499 175 1.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 606 2.0   $1,500 or more 22 0.1
Electricity 3,186 10.6   No cash rent 474 3.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 12,617 41.9   Median (dollars) 459 (x)
Coal or coke 86 0.3        
Wood 26 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 9 0.0        
Other fuel 237 0.8   Less than 15 percent 2,264 15.4
No fuel used 205 0.7   15 to 19 percent 1,984 13.5
        20 to 24 percent 1,671 11.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,839 12.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 368 1.2   30 to 34 percent 1,262 8.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 259 0.9   35 percent or more 4,675 31.7
No telephone service 1,346 4.5   Not computed 1,031 7.0


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