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Multi-family housing includes rooming houses, plexes, apartments, townhouses, and condominiums.There are 39 apartment complexes (five units or more) which make up approximately35.65 percent of all multi-family units in West Las Vegas (this does not include Las VegasHousing Authority properties). Plexes make up approximately 19.32 percent of the total multifamilyunits, condominium and townhouses 9.21 percent, and rooming houses 1.6 percent.Figure H-2:Housing Units:Single-Family & Multi-Family by Census TractCensusTracts 34.012.013.0144.58% 53.10% 2.32%46.21% 53.31% .48%West Las Vegas’ vacancy rate of 14.5 percent is much higher than the 9 percent vacancy ratefor the City. This is not unusual since the population in West Las Vegas has decreased by 1.44percent since 1970, as noted in the Socio-Economic Characteristics section, and the number ofhousing units has increased by 27.13 percent for that same period.West Las Vegas also has a predominance of renter occupied units; 56.2 percent of all housingunits are renter occupied, considerably higher than the 45.1 percent in Las Vegas. Figure H-3compares the owner and renter occupied percentages in West Las Vegas with the City of LasVegas and Clark County.3.02 30.76% 68.50% .74%BG 619.70% 77.35% 2.95%35 49.81% 45.62% 4.57%0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%Single Family % Multi-Family % Mobile Home or TrailerSource: 1990 CensusFigure H-3:Housing Units: Owner & Renter Occupancy56.2%West Las Vegas14.5%29.3%45.1%9.1%Las Vegas45.8%9.5%43.5%Clark County47%Figure H-4:Percentage of Owner Occupied &Renter Occupied Housing Units inWest Las Vegas Census TractsOwner-Occupied Vacant Renter Occupied Source: 1990 Census2.0142.39% 57.61%CensusTracts0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%The highest incidence of renter occupied units is found in the same census tracts with the highestpercentage of multi-family units: 3.02 and 34.01, block group 6. However, census tracts 2.01,3.01, and 35 are still approximately 10 percent higher than the City and the County in percentageof renter occupied units.3.013.0234.013541.01% 58.99%29.17% 70.83%17.06% 82.94%40.52% 59.48%Owner OccupiedRenter OccupiedSource: 1990 Census48 Housing