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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 23,535 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 22,627 96.1%
Vacant housing unit 908 3.9%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 22,627 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 13,143 58.1%
Renter-occupied housing unit 9,484 41.9%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 908 100.0%
For rent 493 54.3%
For Sale Only 104 11.5%
Rented or sold, not occupied 58 6.4%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 82 9.0%
For migratory workers 2 0.2%
Other vacant 169 18.6%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 22,627 100.0%
One Race 22,344 98.7%
 White 19,238 85.0%
 Black or African American 1,605 7.1%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 51 0.2%
 Asian 1,190 5.3%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 12 0.1%
 Some Other Race 248 1.1%
Two or more races 283 1.3%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 22,627 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 665 2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino 21,962 97.1%
 White alone 18,881 83.4%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 22,627 100.0%
15 to 24 years 837 3.7%
25 to 34 years 4,200 18.6%
35 to 44 years 5,256 23.2%
45 to 54 years 5,112 22.6%
55 to 64 years 3,254 14.4%
65 years and over 3,968 17.5%
 65 to 74 years 2,127 9.4%
 75 to 84 years 1,462 6.5%
 85 years and older 379 1.7%
 

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