United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

7 5 6 Construction and Housing
No. 1356. Ho u s in g Un it s — C h a r a c t e r is t ic s f o r S e l e c t e d C it ie s : I9 6 0
[As of April. Cities ranked by size of population enumerated as of April 1,1980, except Honolulu, ranked by county population]
CITIES
Total
housing
units
(1,000)
Total
(1,000)
Percent with—
Structure
built
1970
to
March
1980
1939
or
earlier
5 or
more
units
In
structure
YEAR-ROUND HOUSING UNITS
Total
(1,000)
Owner
occupied
units
Occupied housing units
Percent-
With
1.01
or
more
persons
per
room
Householder
moved
Into
unit
1979
to
March
1980
Median
value
(dollars)
specified
owner1
Median
selected
monthowner
costs9
(dollars)
gross
rentJ
(dollars)
specified
renter
4
New York, N.Y.............. 2,946 2,941 7.3 49.4 64.5 2,789 23.4 8.2 17.1 52,220 441 248
Chicago, III.................... 1,175 1,174 5.9 51.8 41.7 1,093 38.9 8.1 21.0 47,200 371 231
Los Angeles, Calif......... 1,189 1,189 13.6 22.7 40.9 1,135 40.3 13.0 25.8 96,100 420 262
Philadelphia, Pa............. 686 685 5.5 58.4 18.0 620 61.0 4.2 15.4 23,500 269 217
Houston, Tex................. 678 678 36.5 8.4 39.8 603 47.8 7.7 35.6 49,100 378 276
Detroit, Mich._ 471 471 3.2 45.6 18.7 433 57.9 4.8 18.6 20,900 320 216
Dallas, Tex...... 390 290 28.1 9.8 37.6 355 48.5 6.6 34.1 43,900 338 257
San Diego, Calif 342 342 32.8 13.0 29.2 321 49.1 5.8 33.8 89,800 416 274
Phoenix, Ariz... 308 307 39.7 4.8 22.4 265 64.7 5.6 32.8 54,100 357 279
Baltimore, Md.... 303 302 5.8 50.3 20.7 281 47.2 5.0 18.8 28.700 293 214
San Antonio, Tex 278 276 25.9 14.1 20.8 259 59.5 10.5 26.4 27,300 263 209
Honolulu, Hawaii 252 251 35.2 6.4 41.5 230 49.9 15.5 27.4 129,500 494 315
Indianapolis, Ind 283 283 19.6 25.9 22.3 260 58.9 3.3 25.5 35,100 300 226
San Francisco, Calif........ 317 316 6.6 b/.7 43.0 299 33.7 7.3 25.8 103,900 394 285
Memphis, Tenn. 244 244 20.5 13.8 22.7 230 56.3 6.6 24.5 35,200 275 196
Washington, D.C 277 277 7.0 39.1 52.7 253 35.5 8.1 20.1 68,600 399 226
San Jose, Calif,.
Milwaukee, Wis.
217 217 39.1 7.3 10.6 210 62.1 6.8 30.7 98,100 478 325
253 253 9.7 41.7 22.9 242 47.2 3.4 24.5 45,500 359 238
Cleveland, Ohio 240 239 4.4 57.7 22.0 218 48.2 3.3 20.2 30,400 307 195
Columbus, Ohio 237 237 24.0 24.4 26.6 217 48.8 2.7 30.4 41,300 333 225
Boston, Mass................. 241 241 7.2 63.0 42.6 218 27.2 5.2 25.9 36,000 407 251
New Orleans, La............. 226 226 12.3 37.5 19.5 206 39.7 8.6 23.4 50,400 344 210
Jacksonville, Fia............. 214 213 28.5 11.7 19.5 197 82,6 4.4 26.9 3 1 ,7 0 0 327 2 4 0
Seattle, Wash................. 230 230 10.0 40.3 33.3 219 51.0 2.8 27.2 65,100 331 251
Denver, Colo.................. 228 228 19.7 29.4 36.6 212 50.2 3.3 33.3 62,000 379 242
Nashville-Davfdson,
Tenn........................... 179 179 27.4 14.2 26.0 170 56.4 3.6 26.5 43,800 307 2 4 3
St. Louis, Mo.................. 202 202 3.7 60.6 21.2 178 45.2 6.9 19.4 26,100 283 186
Kansas City, Mo............. 192 192 12.8 36.5 26.3 175 57.9 3.2 23.7 34,600 301 215
El Paso, Tex................... 134 134 34.6 11.2 25.0 128 69.2 12.4 29.0 39,000 281 196
Atlanta, Ga.................... 179 179 12.5 21.0 39.6 163 41.3 6.3 26.0 31,800 335 195
Pittsburgh, Pa................. 179 179 4.8 63.3 25.2 166 51.2 2.8 18.2 31,500 292 216
Oklahoma City, Okla___ _ 177 177 27.0 16.0 19.7 160 63.2 3.5 29.5 40,100 320 239
Cincinnati, Ohio............... 173 173 9.3 46.3 36.1 158 38.5 4.7 27.1 40,800 332 190
Fort Worth, Tex.............. 156 156 19.1 16.9 17.4 144 61.1 6.1 27.9 32,200 280 231
Minneapolis, Minn........... 169 169 9.2 56.9 34.2 162 49.2 2.0 26.5 52,600 355 227
Portland, Oreg-------------- 168 168 11.3 46.4 26.8 159 53.3 2.5 28.1 52,900 357 245
Long Beach. Calif........... 160 160 10.8 23.6 36.3 152 42.9 7.4 30.9 81,900 390 263
Tulsa, Okla 156 156 28.2 14.7 20.8 145 61.2 2.5 31.4 45,400 325 246
Buffalo, N Y 156 156 2.7 73.0 14.4 141 44.5 2.1 21.4 22,300 290 196
Toledo, Ohio.................. 143 143 14.2 41.8 18.1 133 63.3 2.2 21.7 37,800 329 227
Miami, Fla...................... 146 145 20.6 16.3 45.6 134 34.1 19.9 26.2 47,500 318 227
Baton Rouge, La-------- ... 84 84 24.6 10.5 25.5 79 54.0 5.6 28.5 52,200 309 239
Austin, Tex.................... 147 146 41.5 8.1 32.8 134 45.9 5.4 42.6 47,300 393 265
Oakland, Calif................. 150 150 7.9 41.0 32.2 142 42.9 6.7 25.2 66,600 338 231
Albuquerque, N. Mex...... 133 133 41.2 6.1 22.9 124 60.8 4.3 33.5 55,100 358 236
Tucson, Ariz................... 137 136 34.0 7.5 23.4 125 59.8 5.9 33.6 50,300 307 244
Newark, N.J................... 121 121 6.3 47.4 48.0 111 21.1 12.3 20.7 31,500 424 214
Charlotte, N.C................ 124 124 27.2 10.5 23.6 118 54.7 4.0 28.0 45,800 352 245
Omaha, Nebr.................. 125 125 12.3 33.7 23.6 118 61.3 2.6 22.8 34,400 334 213
Louisville, Ky.................. 126 126 7.3 41.7 21.6 117 56.3 4.3 20.7 26,900 255 182
Birmingham, Ala.............. 115 114 14.3 27.7 24.2 107 53.3 5.5 21.4 31,300 275 187
Wichita, Kans-................ 117 117 20.6 19.8 17.1 110 69.7 3.2 30.3 40,800 316 2 4 4
Sacramento. Calil........... 123 123 23.4 19.4 22.0 113 56.4 4.4 29.2 54,600 296 213
Tampa. Fla.................... 114 114 18.6 17.3 21.1 106 61.1 5.2 25.2 30.600 276 211
St Paul, Minn................. 111 111 11.2 49.5 30.8 106 55.7 2.6 23.9 51,700 362 227
Norfolk, Va.................... 95 95 15.1 21.0 23.9 88 43.9 5.1 30.0 39,100 349 231
Virginia Beach, Va.......... 92 91 51.2 2.5 17.4 85 84.2 2.0 33.3 56,500 454 311
Rochester, N.V............... 103 103 6.0 62.7 23.0 95 46.1 2.7 27.0 25,600 340 221
‘ "Specified owner-occupied" housing units include one-family houses on less than 10 acres without a commercial establishment
or medical office on the property. The data exclude owner-occupied condominium housing units, mobile homes, trailers, boats,
tents, or vans occupied as a usual residence, as well as owner-occupied noncondominium units In multi-family buildings.
* "Specified owner with a mortgage". Selected monthly owner costs is the sum of payments for mortgages, deeds of trust, or
similar debts on the property; real estate taxes; fire and hazard insurance on the property; utilities (electricity, gas, and water); and
fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood. etc.). *"Gross rent" is the contract rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities
(electricity, gas, and water) and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.) H these are paid for by the renter (or paid for the renter by
someone else) In addition to rent. 4 "Specified renter-occupied" housing units include renter-occupied units except one-family
houses on 10 or more acres.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1 9 8 0 C e n s u s o f H o u s in g , V o i 1, C h a p te r A , G e n e ra l H o u s in g C h a ra c te ris tic s , series HC8Q-
1-A, and 1 9 8 0 C e n s u s o f P o p u la tio n a n d H o u s in g , V o i 3, S u m m a ry C h a ra c te ris tic s fo r G o v e rn m e n ta l U n its a n d S ta n d a rd
M e tro p o lita n S ta tis tic a l A re a s , series PHC8Q-3.