Quick Table H-1. General Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: West Reading borough
 
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Subject Number Percent

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 1,783 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 1,666 93.4%
Vacant housing unit 117 6.6%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 1,666 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 990 59.4%
Renter-occupied housing unit 676 40.6%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 117 100.0%
For rent 43 36.8%
For Sale Only 18 15.4%
Rented or sold, not occupied 34 29.1%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 3 2.6%
For migratory workers 0 0.0%
Other vacant 19 16.2%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 1,666 100.0%
One Race 1,651 99.1%
 White 1,532 92.0%
 Black or African American 60 3.6%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 3 0.2%
 Asian 21 1.3%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0 0.0%
 Some Other Race 35 2.1%
Two or more races 15 0.9%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 1,666 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 83 5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino 1,583 95.0%
 White alone 1,490 89.4%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 1,666 100.0%
15 to 24 years 108 6.5%
25 to 34 years 357 21.4%
35 to 44 years 331 19.9%
45 to 54 years 239 14.3%
55 to 64 years 183 11.0%
65 years and over 448 26.9%
 65 to 74 years 182 10.9%
 75 to 84 years 196 11.8%
 85 years and older 70 4.2%
 

(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1. Matrices H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, and H16