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Downingtown, Pennsylvania Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Downingtown, Pennsylvania      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  14,838  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 14,437 100.0
1-unit, detached 9,939 67.0   1.00 or less 14,292 99.0
1-unit, attached 2,349 15.8   1.01 to 1.50 99 0.7
2 units 216 1.5   1.51 or more 46 0.3
3 or 4 units 296 2.0        
5 to 9 units 488 3.3             Specified owner-occupied units 10,794 100.0
10 to 19 units 781 5.3   VALUE
20 or more units 539 3.6   Less than $50,000 20 0.2
Mobile home 230 1.6   $50,000 to $99,999 1,040 9.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 2,912 27.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 2,637 24.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 3,093 28.7
1999 to March 2000 383 2.6   $300,000 to $499,999 1,003 9.3
1995 to 1998 1,255 8.5   $500,000 to $999,999 81 0.8
1990 to 1994 1,797 12.1   $1,000,000 or more 8 0.1
1980 to 1989 3,401 22.9   Median (dollars) 174,900 (x)
1970 to 1979 3,409 23.0        
1960 to 1969 1,720 11.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,355 9.1        
1939 or earlier 1,518 10.2   With a mortgage 9,249 85.7
             Less than $300 9 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 40 0.4
1 room 25 0.2        $500 to $699 174 1.6
2 rooms 232 1.6        $700 to $999 910 8.4
3 rooms 791 5.3        $1,000 to $1,499 3,442 31.9
4 rooms 1,210 8.2        $1,500 to $1,999 2,699 25.0
5 rooms 1,536 10.4        $2,000 or more 1,975 18.3
6 rooms 2,415 16.3        Median (dollars) 1,508 (x)
7 rooms 2,389 16.1   Not mortgaged 1,545 14.3
8 rooms 3,138 21.1        Median (dollars) 466 (x)
9 or more rooms 3,102 20.9        
Median (rooms) 7.0 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

14,437 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,871 26.6
1999 to March 2000 2,126 14.7   15 to 19 percent 2,210 20.5
1995 to 1998 4,200 29.1   20 to 24 percent 2,029 18.8
1990 to 1994 2,932 20.3   25 to 29 percent 1,311 12.1
1980 to 1989 2,978 20.6   30 to 34 percent 881 8.2
1970 to 1979 1,261 8.7   35 percent or more 1,458 13.5
1969 or earlier 940 6.5   Not computed 34 0.3
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,683 100.0
None 407 2.8   GROSS RENT    
1 3,418 23.7   Less than $200 8 0.3
2 7,657 53.0   $200 to $299 41 1.5
3 or more 2,955 20.5   $300 to $499 173 6.4
        $500 to $749 1,087 40.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 881 32.8
Utility Gas 3,058 21.2   $1,000 to $1,499 288 10.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 929 6.4   $1,500 or more 68 2.5
Electricity 5,679 39.3   No cash rent 137 5.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 4,564 31.6   Median (dollars) 745 (x)
Coal or coke 24 0.2        
Wood 118 0.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 8 0.1        
Other fuel 51 0.4   Less than 15 percent 548 20.4
No fuel used 6 0.0   15 to 19 percent 387 14.4
        20 to 24 percent 353 13.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 321 12.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 53 0.4   30 to 34 percent 261 9.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 20 0.1   35 percent or more 656 24.5
No telephone service 65 0.5   Not computed 157 5.9


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