DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Albany County
[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 129,972 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 120,512 100.0
1-unit, detached 64,627 49.7   1.00 or less 118,424 98.3
1-unit, attached 5,345 4.1   1.01 to 1.50 1,284 1.1
2 units 22,303 17.2   1.51 or more 804 0.7
3 or 4 units 12,820 9.9        
5 to 9 units 8,085 6.2             Specified owner-occupied units 57,329 100.0
10 to 19 units 5,294 4.1   VALUE    
20 or more units 9,281 7.1   Less than $50,000 995 1.7
Mobile home 2,201 1.7   $50,000 to $99,999 18,886 32.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 16 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 22,644 39.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 8,716 15.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 4,570 8.0
1999 to March 2000 1,236 1.0   $300,000 to $499,999 1,286 2.2
1995 to 1998 4,131 3.2   $500,000 to $999,999 185 0.3
1990 to 1994 6,247 4.8   $1,000,000 or more 47 0.1
1980 to 1989 12,723 9.8   Median (dollars) 116,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 17,743 13.7        
1960 to 1969 16,069 12.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 30,364 23.4    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 41,459 31.9   With a mortgage 39,117 68.2
             Less than $300 34 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 660 1.2
1 room 2,228 1.7        $500 to $699 2,691 4.7
2 rooms 4,777 3.7        $700 to $999 9,282 16.2
3 rooms 13,246 10.2        $1,000 to $1,499 16,514 28.8
4 rooms 18,680 14.4        $1,500 to $1,999 6,477 11.3
5 rooms 23,100 17.8        $2,000 or more 3,459 6.0
6 rooms 26,825 20.6        Median (dollars) 1,180 (X)
7 rooms 17,201 13.2   Not mortgaged 18,212 31.8
8 rooms 12,295 9.5        Median (dollars) 373 (X)
9 or more rooms 11,620 8.9        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 120,512 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 21,415 37.4
1999 to March 2000 23,793 19.7   15 to 19 percent 10,957 19.1
1995 to 1998 31,326 26.0   20 to 24 percent 8,451 14.7
1990 to 1994 18,097 15.0   25 to 29 percent 5,446 9.5
1980 to 1989 18,860 15.6   30 to 34 percent 3,249 5.7
1970 to 1979 12,385 10.3   35 percent or more 7,496 13.1
1969 or earlier 16,051 13.3   Not computed 315 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 50,716 100.0
None 17,284 14.3   GROSS RENT    
1 46,700 38.8   Less than $200 2,195 4.3
2 43,126 35.8   $200 to $299 2,122 4.2
3 or more 13,402 11.1   $300 to $499 10,507 20.7
        $500 to $749 21,460 42.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 10,070 19.9
Utility Gas 80,854 67.1   $1,000 to $1,499 2,312 4.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 2,739 2.3   $1,500 or more 360 0.7
Electricity 15,788 13.1   No cash rent 1,690 3.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 19,563 16.2   Median (dollars) 611 (X)
Coal or coke 47 0.0        
Wood 879 0.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 35 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 379 0.3   Less than 15 percent 9,343 18.4
No fuel used 228 0.2   15 to 19 percent 7,297 14.4
        20 to 24 percent 6,705 13.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 5,302 10.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 537 0.4   30 to 34 percent 3,765 7.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 542 0.4   35 percent or more 15,504 30.6
No telephone service 1,474 1.2   Not computed 2,800 5.5
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.