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Bethlehem, 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 28,116 100.0
1-unit, detached 10,728 38.2   1.00 or less 27,362 97.3
1-unit, attached 8,739 31.1   1.01 to 1.50 460 1.6
2 units 1,620 5.8   1.51 or more 294 1.0
3 or 4 units 2,033 7.2        
5 to 9 units 2,002 7.1             Specified owner-occupied units 15,454 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,277 4.5   VALUE
20 or more units 1,662 5.9   Less than $50,000 925 6.0
Mobile home 55 0.2   $50,000 to $99,999 7,332 47.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 5,139 33.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,137 7.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 613 4.0
1999 to March 2000 94 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 213 1.4
1995 to 1998 236 0.8   $500,000 to $999,999 95 0.6
1990 to 1994 816 2.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,045 7.3   Median (dollars) 97,400 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,990 10.6        
1960 to 1969 3,272 11.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 8,629 30.7        
1939 or earlier 10,034 35.7   With a mortgage 9,309 60.2
             Less than $300 16 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 381 2.5
1 room 484 1.7        $500 to $699 1,294 8.4
2 rooms 1,025 3.6        $700 to $999 3,122 20.2
3 rooms 2,975 10.6        $1,000 to $1,499 3,242 21.0
4 rooms 3,646 13.0        $1,500 to $1,999 795 5.1
5 rooms 4,591 16.3        $2,000 or more 459 3.0
6 rooms 6,492 23.1        Median (dollars) 987 (x)
7 rooms 4,074 14.5   Not mortgaged 6,145 39.8
8 rooms 2,673 9.5        Median (dollars) 347 (x)
9 or more rooms 2,156 7.7        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

28,116 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 5,497 35.6
1999 to March 2000 5,360 19.1   15 to 19 percent 2,706 17.5
1995 to 1998 6,620 23.5   20 to 24 percent 2,491 16.1
1990 to 1994 3,781 13.4   25 to 29 percent 1,329 8.6
1980 to 1989 4,615 16.4   30 to 34 percent 884 5.7
1970 to 1979 2,971 10.6   35 percent or more 2,397 15.5
1969 or earlier 4,769 17.0   Not computed 150 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 11,725 100.0
None 3,926 14.0   GROSS RENT    
1 11,580 41.2   Less than $200 1,029 8.8
2 9,327 33.2   $200 to $299 846 7.2
3 or more 3,283 11.7   $300 to $499 2,479 21.1
        $500 to $749 4,764 40.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,724 14.7
Utility Gas 11,175 39.7   $1,000 to $1,499 400 3.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 271 1.0   $1,500 or more 94 0.8
Electricity 6,801 24.2   No cash rent 389 3.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 9,547 34.0   Median (dollars) 559 (x)
Coal or coke 66 0.2        
Wood 72 0.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 102 0.4   Less than 15 percent 1,999 17.0
No fuel used 82 0.3   15 to 19 percent 1,496 12.8
        20 to 24 percent 1,634 13.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,474 12.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 158 0.6   30 to 34 percent 1,098 9.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 180 0.6   35 percent or more 3,440 29.3
No telephone service 361 1.3   Not computed 584 5.0


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