DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Albany--Schenectady--Troy, NY MSA
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 386,262 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 350,284 100.0
1-unit, detached 215,524 55.8   1.00 or less 345,095 98.5
1-unit, attached 13,320 3.4   1.01 to 1.50 3,501 1.0
2 units 56,895 14.7   1.51 or more 1,688 0.5
3 or 4 units 32,255 8.4        
5 to 9 units 18,978 4.9             Specified owner-occupied units 177,262 100.0
10 to 19 units 12,059 3.1   VALUE    
20 or more units 18,318 4.7   Less than $50,000 7,277 4.1
Mobile home 18,500 4.8   $50,000 to $99,999 70,831 40.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 413 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 61,357 34.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 23,155 13.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 11,051 6.2
1999 to March 2000 4,828 1.2   $300,000 to $499,999 3,039 1.7
1995 to 1998 15,566 4.0   $500,000 to $999,999 431 0.2
1990 to 1994 22,506 5.8   $1,000,000 or more 121 0.1
1980 to 1989 43,864 11.4   Median (dollars) 107,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 51,155 13.2        
1960 to 1969 41,912 10.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 79,322 20.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 127,109 32.9   With a mortgage 119,752 67.6
             Less than $300 157 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2,477 1.4
1 room 4,449 1.2        $500 to $699 9,609 5.4
2 rooms 11,512 3.0        $700 to $999 31,027 17.5
3 rooms 32,653 8.5        $1,000 to $1,499 49,143 27.7
4 rooms 55,065 14.3        $1,500 to $1,999 18,730 10.6
5 rooms 71,017 18.4        $2,000 or more 8,609 4.9
6 rooms 79,896 20.7        Median (dollars) 1,144 (X)
7 rooms 55,548 14.4   Not mortgaged 57,510 32.4
8 rooms 39,257 10.2        Median (dollars) 384 (X)
9 or more rooms 36,865 9.5        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 350,284 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 62,234 35.1
1999 to March 2000 62,572 17.9   15 to 19 percent 34,430 19.4
1995 to 1998 86,867 24.8   20 to 24 percent 26,829 15.1
1990 to 1994 53,456 15.3   25 to 29 percent 17,329 9.8
1980 to 1989 60,092 17.2   30 to 34 percent 11,000 6.2
1970 to 1979 37,176 10.6   35 percent or more 24,496 13.8
1969 or earlier 50,121 14.3   Not computed 944 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 122,879 100.0
None 39,210 11.2   GROSS RENT    
1 128,262 36.6   Less than $200 5,445 4.4
2 136,211 38.9   $200 to $299 5,473 4.5
3 or more 46,601 13.3   $300 to $499 28,024 22.8
        $500 to $749 53,511 43.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 19,450 15.8
Utility Gas 199,116 56.8   $1,000 to $1,499 4,538 3.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 13,982 4.0   $1,500 or more 949 0.8
Electricity 40,845 11.7   No cash rent 5,489 4.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 86,381 24.7   Median (dollars) 586 (X)
Coal or coke 253 0.1        
Wood 7,717 2.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 109 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 1,193 0.3   Less than 15 percent 23,026 18.7
No fuel used 688 0.2   15 to 19 percent 18,036 14.7
        20 to 24 percent 16,154 13.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 12,659 10.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 1,535 0.4   30 to 34 percent 8,843 7.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 1,488 0.4   35 percent or more 36,303 29.5
No telephone service 4,123 1.2   Not computed 7,858 6.4
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.