DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Albany city
[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 45,288 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 40,709 100.0
1-unit, detached 12,188 26.9   1.00 or less 39,657 97.4
1-unit, attached 2,133 4.7   1.01 to 1.50 580 1.4
2 units 12,490 27.6   1.51 or more 472 1.2
3 or 4 units 7,595 16.8        
5 to 9 units 3,761 8.3             Specified owner-occupied units 11,249 100.0
10 to 19 units 2,150 4.7   VALUE    
20 or more units 4,941 10.9   Less than $50,000 521 4.6
Mobile home 30 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 5,386 47.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 3,950 35.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 880 7.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 413 3.7
1999 to March 2000 147 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 99 0.9
1995 to 1998 392 0.9   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 967 2.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,391 5.3   Median (dollars) 98,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 4,108 9.1        
1960 to 1969 4,018 8.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 10,681 23.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 22,584 49.9   With a mortgage 7,129 63.4
             Less than $300 15 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 135 1.2
1 room 1,589 3.5        $500 to $699 695 6.2
2 rooms 2,940 6.5        $700 to $999 2,075 18.4
3 rooms 6,654 14.7        $1,000 to $1,499 2,971 26.4
4 rooms 7,167 15.8        $1,500 to $1,999 929 8.3
5 rooms 7,908 17.5        $2,000 or more 309 2.7
6 rooms 9,651 21.3        Median (dollars) 1,086 (X)
7 rooms 4,430 9.8   Not mortgaged 4,120 36.6
8 rooms 2,406 5.3        Median (dollars) 376 (X)
9 or more rooms 2,543 5.6        
Median (rooms) 5.0 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 40,709 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 4,074 36.2
1999 to March 2000 11,700 28.7   15 to 19 percent 2,065 18.4
1995 to 1998 11,666 28.7   20 to 24 percent 1,568 13.9
1990 to 1994 5,261 12.9   25 to 29 percent 1,139 10.1
1980 to 1989 4,975 12.2   30 to 34 percent 548 4.9
1970 to 1979 3,090 7.6   35 percent or more 1,761 15.7
1969 or earlier 4,017 9.9   Not computed 94 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 25,363 100.0
None 11,253 27.6   GROSS RENT    
1 17,831 43.8   Less than $200 1,478 5.8
2 9,404 23.1   $200 to $299 1,277 5.0
3 or more 2,221 5.5   $300 to $499 6,317 24.9
        $500 to $749 10,932 43.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 3,760 14.8
Utility Gas 28,441 69.9   $1,000 to $1,499 871 3.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 1,072 2.6   $1,500 or more 157 0.6
Electricity 7,269 17.9   No cash rent 571 2.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 3,438 8.4   Median (dollars) 570 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 64 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 16 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 224 0.6   Less than 15 percent 3,980 15.7
No fuel used 185 0.5   15 to 19 percent 3,061 12.1
        20 to 24 percent 2,991 11.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 2,653 10.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 325 0.8   30 to 34 percent 1,940 7.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 351 0.9   35 percent or more 9,335 36.8
No telephone service 1,041 2.6   Not computed 1,403 5.5
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.