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Salem, Virginia Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Salem, Virginia      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  14,678  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 14,096 100.0
1-unit, detached 10,963 74.7   1.00 or less 13,984 99.2
1-unit, attached 381 2.6   1.01 to 1.50 76 0.5
2 units 407 2.8   1.51 or more 36 0.3
3 or 4 units 284 1.9        
5 to 9 units 501 3.4             Specified owner-occupied units 9,123 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,054 7.2   VALUE
20 or more units 526 3.6   Less than $50,000 395 4.3
Mobile home 547 3.7   $50,000 to $99,999 3,929 43.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 15 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 2,714 29.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,200 13.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 653 7.2
1999 to March 2000 194 1.3   $300,000 to $499,999 215 2.4
1995 to 1998 718 4.9   $500,000 to $999,999 17 0.2
1990 to 1994 756 5.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,372 16.2   Median (dollars) 104,100 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,840 19.3        
1960 to 1969 2,747 18.7   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 3,477 23.7        
1939 or earlier 1,574 10.7   With a mortgage 5,800 63.6
             Less than $300 56 0.6
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 441 4.8
1 room 98 0.7        $500 to $699 919 10.1
2 rooms 224 1.5        $700 to $999 2,041 22.4
3 rooms 825 5.6        $1,000 to $1,499 1,632 17.9
4 rooms 2,261 15.4        $1,500 to $1,999 486 5.3
5 rooms 3,185 21.7        $2,000 or more 225 2.5
6 rooms 2,699 18.4        Median (dollars) 920 (x)
7 rooms 2,327 15.9   Not mortgaged 3,323 36.4
8 rooms 1,375 9.4        Median (dollars) 244 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,684 11.5        
Median (rooms) 5.8 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

14,096 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 3,940 43.2
1999 to March 2000 2,249 16.0   15 to 19 percent 1,735 19.0
1995 to 1998 3,436 24.4   20 to 24 percent 1,240 13.6
1990 to 1994 2,285 16.2   25 to 29 percent 663 7.3
1980 to 1989 2,595 18.4   30 to 34 percent 510 5.6
1970 to 1979 1,543 10.9   35 percent or more 990 10.9
1969 or earlier 1,988 14.1   Not computed 45 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,793 100.0
None 831 5.9   GROSS RENT    
1 4,322 30.7   Less than $200 115 3.0
2 5,631 39.9   $200 to $299 120 3.2
3 or more 3,312 23.5   $300 to $499 1,108 29.2
        $500 to $749 1,882 49.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 257 6.8
Utility Gas 6,444 45.7   $1,000 to $1,499 79 2.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 512 3.6   $1,500 or more 10 0.3
Electricity 4,582 32.5   No cash rent 222 5.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,194 15.6   Median (dollars) 547 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 307 2.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 16 0.1        
Other fuel 27 0.2   Less than 15 percent 719 19.0
No fuel used 14 0.1   15 to 19 percent 571 15.1
        20 to 24 percent 516 13.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 453 11.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 19 0.1   30 to 34 percent 274 7.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 37 0.3   35 percent or more 950 25.0
No telephone service 197 1.4   Not computed 310 8.2


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