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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 22,367 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 21,690 97.0%
Vacant housing unit 677 3.0%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 21,690 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 17,205 79.3%
Renter-occupied housing unit 4,485 20.7%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 677 100.0%
For rent 272 40.2%
For Sale Only 137 20.2%
Rented or sold, not occupied 65 9.6%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 77 11.4%
For migratory workers 0 0.0%
Other vacant 126 18.6%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 21,690 100.0%
One Race 21,539 99.3%
 White 18,716 86.3%
 Black or African American 2,163 10.0%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 24 0.1%
 Asian 564 2.6%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 9 0.0%
 Some Other Race 63 0.3%
Two or more races 151 0.7%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 21,690 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 258 1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino 21,432 98.8%
 White alone 18,550 85.5%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 21,690 100.0%
15 to 24 years 362 1.7%
25 to 34 years 2,675 12.3%
35 to 44 years 4,650 21.4%
45 to 54 years 4,387 20.2%
55 to 64 years 2,939 13.6%
65 years and over 6,677 30.8%
 65 to 74 years 3,109 14.3%
 75 to 84 years 2,705 12.5%
 85 years and older 863 4.0%
 

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