Quick Table H-1. General Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Altoona city
 
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Subject Number Percent

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 21,681 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 20,059 92.5%
Vacant housing unit 1,622 7.5%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 20,059 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 13,219 65.9%
Renter-occupied housing unit 6,840 34.1%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 1,622 100.0%
For rent 732 45.1%
For Sale Only 190 11.7%
Rented or sold, not occupied 179 11.0%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 30 1.8%
For migratory workers 1 0.1%
Other vacant 490 30.2%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 20,059 100.0%
One Race 19,977 99.6%
 White 19,440 96.9%
 Black or African American 443 2.2%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 22 0.1%
 Asian 46 0.2%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 1 0.0%
 Some Other Race 25 0.1%
Two or more races 82 0.4%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 20,059 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 108 0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino 19,951 99.5%
 White alone 19,373 96.6%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 20,059 100.0%
15 to 24 years 1,060 5.3%
25 to 34 years 3,043 15.2%
35 to 44 years 3,921 19.5%
45 to 54 years 3,731 18.6%
55 to 64 years 2,673 13.3%
65 years and over 5,631 28.1%
 65 to 74 years 2,681 13.4%
 75 to 84 years 2,324 11.6%
 85 years and older 626 3.1%
 

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