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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 3,631 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 3,421 94.2%
Vacant housing unit 210 5.8%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 3,421 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 2,156 63.0%
Renter-occupied housing unit 1,265 37.0%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 210 100.0%
For rent 100 47.6%
For Sale Only 27 12.9%
Rented or sold, not occupied 21 10.0%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 7 3.3%
For migratory workers 2 1.0%
Other vacant 53 25.2%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 3,421 100.0%
One Race 3,403 99.5%
 White 3,281 95.9%
 Black or African American 31 0.9%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 2 0.1%
 Asian 48 1.4%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 2 0.1%
 Some Other Race 39 1.1%
Two or more races 18 0.5%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 3,421 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 67 2.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino 3,354 98.0%
 White alone 3,254 95.1%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 3,421 100.0%
15 to 24 years 151 4.4%
25 to 34 years 611 17.9%
35 to 44 years 853 24.9%
45 to 54 years 602 17.6%
55 to 64 years 385 11.3%
65 years and over 819 23.9%
 65 to 74 years 324 9.5%
 75 to 84 years 358 10.5%
 85 years and older 137 4.0%
 

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