DP-5: Housing Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) - Sample data
Geographic Area: Pennsylvania

Subject

Number
   
Total housing units 4,938,140
   
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT  
1989 to March 1990 73,954
1985 to 1988 271,938
1980 to 1984 266,690
1970 to 1979 778,612
1960 to 1969 612,604
1950 to 1959 720,956
1940 to 1949 478,061
1939 or earlier 1,735,325
   
BEDROOMS  
No bedroom 66,835
1 bedroom 557,543
2 bedrooms 1,251,347
3 bedrooms 2,171,381
4 bedrooms 704,898
5 or more bedrooms 186,136
   
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS  
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 47,057
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 45,508
Condominium housing units 103,152
   
SOURCE OF WATER  
Public system or private company 3,854,953
Individual drilled well 905,420
Individual dug well 72,800
Some other source 104,967
   
SEWAGE DISPOSAL  
Public sewer 3,670,338
Septic tank or cesspool 1,210,054
Other means 57,748
   
Occupied housing units 4,495,966
   
HOUSE HEATING FUEL  
Utility gas 2,226,793
Bottled, tank, or LP gas 76,697
Electricity 664,952
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,252,685
Coal or coke 132,277
Wood 116,613
Solar energy 1,158
Other fuel 17,112
No fuel used 7,679
   
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT  
1989 to March 1990 637,084
1985 to 1988 1,104,097
1980 to 1984 594,590
1970 to 1979 875,291
1960 to 1969 542,733
1959 or earlier 742,171
   
TELEPHONE  
No telephone in unit 116,779
   
VEHICLES AVAILABLE  
None 681,403
1 1,588,961
2 1,605,032
3 or more 620,570
   
MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS  
Specified owner-occupied housing units 2,621,539
With a mortgage 1,412,136
Less than $300 50,614
$300 to $499 321,361
$500 to $699 365,311
$700 to $999 359,434
$1,000 to $1,499 217,965
$1,500 to $1,999 60,619
$2,000 or more 36,832
   
Median (dollars) 682
   
Not mortgaged 1,209,403
Less than $100 21,627
$100 to $199 427,362
$200 to $299 499,960
$300 to $399 171,074
$400 or more 89,380
   
Median (dollars) 226
   
SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989  
Specified owner-occupied housing units 2,621,539
Less than 20 percent 1,596,112
20 to 24 percent 344,522
25 to 29 percent 224,591
30 to 34 percent 136,008
35 percent or more 303,239
Not computed 17,067
   
GROSS RENT  
Specified renter-occupied housing units 1,287,662
Less than $200 140,952
$200 to $299 189,680
$300 to $499 517,173
$500 to $749 294,873
$750 to $999 58,624
$1,000 or more 26,760
No cash rent 59,600
   
Median (dollars) 404
   
GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989  
Specified renter-occupied housing units 1,287,662
Less than 20 percent 398,700
20 to 24 percent 171,354
25 to 29 percent 148,378
30 to 34 percent 99,185
35 percent or more 388,686
Not computed 81,359
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
Prepared by: Pennsylvania State Data Center