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Mercer Island, Washington Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Mercer Island, Washington      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  8,806  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 8,437 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,829 77.5   1.00 or less 8,296 98.3
1-unit, attached 105 1.2   1.01 to 1.50 79 0.9
2 units 9 0.1   1.51 or more 62 0.7
3 or 4 units 12 0.1        
5 to 9 units 266 3.0             Specified owner-occupied units 6,053 100.0
10 to 19 units 601 6.8   VALUE
20 or more units 973 11.0   Less than $50,000 29 0.5
Mobile home 11 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 13 0.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 18 0.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 27 0.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 356 5.9
1999 to March 2000 96 1.1   $300,000 to $499,999 2,017 33.3
1995 to 1998 325 3.7   $500,000 to $999,999 2,787 46.0
1990 to 1994 366 4.2   $1,000,000 or more 806 13.3
1980 to 1989 868 9.9   Median (dollars) 573,900 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,842 20.9        
1960 to 1969 2,124 24.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,783 31.6        
1939 or earlier 402 4.6   With a mortgage 4,137 68.3
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 0 0.0
1 room 110 1.2        $500 to $699 36 0.6
2 rooms 246 2.8        $700 to $999 150 2.5
3 rooms 601 6.8        $1,000 to $1,499 499 8.2
4 rooms 747 8.5        $1,500 to $1,999 652 10.8
5 rooms 807 9.2        $2,000 or more 2,800 46.3
6 rooms 766 8.7        Median (dollars) 2,511 (x)
7 rooms 1,069 12.1   Not mortgaged 1,916 31.7
8 rooms 1,413 16.0        Median (dollars) 657 (x)
9 or more rooms 3,047 34.6        
Median (rooms) 7.5 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

8,437 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,248 37.1
1999 to March 2000 1,292 15.3   15 to 19 percent 939 15.5
1995 to 1998 2,112 25.0   20 to 24 percent 722 11.9
1990 to 1994 1,132 13.4   25 to 29 percent 512 8.5
1980 to 1989 1,548 18.3   30 to 34 percent 482 8.0
1970 to 1979 1,244 14.7   35 percent or more 1,143 18.9
1969 or earlier 1,109 13.1   Not computed 7 0.1
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,654 100.0
None 281 3.3   GROSS RENT    
1 2,247 26.6   Less than $200 46 2.8
2 3,973 47.1   $200 to $299 32 1.9
3 or more 1,936 22.9   $300 to $499 68 4.1
        $500 to $749 215 13.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 407 24.6
Utility Gas 5,764 68.3   $1,000 to $1,499 416 25.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 42 0.5   $1,500 or more 383 23.2
Electricity 1,848 21.9   No cash rent 87 5.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 643 7.6   Median (dollars) 1,014 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 20 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 95 1.1   Less than 15 percent 260 15.7
No fuel used 25 0.3   15 to 19 percent 223 13.5
        20 to 24 percent 286 17.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 177 10.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 25 0.3   30 to 34 percent 92 5.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 44 0.5   35 percent or more 495 29.9
No telephone service 16 0.2   Not computed 121 7.3


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