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

Subject

Number
Total housing units 102,263,678
   
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT  
1989 to March 1990 2,169,436
1985 to 1988 9,024,365
1980 to 1984 9,931,917
1970 to 1979 22,291,826
1960 to 1969 16,506,410
1950 to 1959 14,831,071
1940 to 1949 8,676,155
1939 or earlier 18,832,498
   
BEDROOMS  
No bedroom 2,366,715
1 bedroom 14,062,917
2 bedrooms 31,502,796
3 bedrooms 38,931,475
4 bedrooms 12,549,082
5 or more bedrooms 2,850,693
   
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS  
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 1,101,696
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 1,109,626
Condominium housing units 4,847,921
   
SOURCE OF WATER  
Public system or private company 86,068,766
Individual drilled well 13,467,148
Individual dug well 1,664,543
Some other source 1,063,221
   
SEWAGE DISPOSAL  
Public sewer 76,455,211
Septic tank or cesspool 24,670,877
Other means 1,137,590
   
Occupied housing units 91,947,410
   
HOUSE HEATING FUEL  
Utility gas 46,850,923
Bottled, tank, or LP gas 5,243,462
Electricity 23,696,987
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 11,243,727
Coal or coke 358,965
Wood 3,609,323
Solar energy 54,536
Other fuel 345,580
No fuel used 543,907
   
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT  
1989 to March 1990 19,208,023
1985 to 1988 25,963,818
1980 to 1984 12,844,781
1970 to 1979 17,102,506
1960 to 1969 8,428,066
1959 or earlier 8,400,216
   
TELEPHONE  
No telephone in unit 4,817,457
   
VEHICLES AVAILABLE  
None 10,602,297
1 31,038,711
2 34,361,045
3 or more 15,945,357
   
MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS  
Specified owner-occupied housing units 45,550,059
With a mortgage 29,811,735
Less than $300 1,455,511
$300 to $499 5,711,092
$500 to $699 6,635,180
$700 to $999 7,497,193
$1,000 to $1,499 5,294,990
$1,500 to $1,999 1,847,081
$2,000 or more 1,370,688
   
Median (dollars) 737
   
Not mortgaged 15,738,324
Less than $100 960,802
$100 to $199 6,372,610
$200 to $299 5,058,575
$300 to $399 1,930,923
$400 or more 1,415,414
   
Median (dollars) 209
   
SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989  
Specified owner-occupied housing units 45,550,059
Less than 20 percent 25,846,744
20 to 24 percent 6,288,395
25 to 29 percent 4,280,439
30 to 34 percent 2,673,820
35 percent or more 6,148,822
Not computed 311,839
   
GROSS RENT  
Specified renter-occupied housing units 32,170,036
Less than $200 2,815,090
$200 to $299 3,736,190
$300 to $499 11,814,251
$500 to $749 8,471,363
$750 to $999 2,637,755
$1,000 or more 1,276,044
No cash rent 1,419,343
   
Median (dollars) 447
   
GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989  
Specified renter-occupied housing units 32,170,036
Less than 20 percent 9,647,452
20 to 24 percent 4,453,652
25 to 29 percent 3,664,975
30 to 34 percent 2,562,684
35 percent or more 9,864,161
Not computed 1,977,112
 (X) Not applicable

 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)

             Matrices H1, H4, H6, H7, H23, H24, H25, H28, H30, H31, H35, H37, H42, H43, H43A, H51, H52, H52A, H58, H64.


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