DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Capital District, NY {Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, & Schenectady Counties}
[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 347,825 100.0%   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 318,255 100.0%
1-unit, detached 192,635 55.4%   1.00 or less 313,528 98.5%
1-unit, attached 12,812 3.7%   1.01 to 1.50 3,171 1.0%
2 units 50,972 14.7%   1.51 or more 1,556 0.5%
3 or 4 units 29,466 8.5%        
5 to 9 units 18,112 5.2%             Specified owner-occupied units 163,205 100.0%
10 to 19 units 11,710 3.4%   VALUE    
20 or more units 17,609 5.1%   Less than $50,000 4,673 2.9%
Mobile home 14,278 4.1%   $50,000 to $99,999 62,432 38.3%
Boat, RV, van, etc. 231 0.1%   $100,000 to $149,999 59,119 36.2%
        $150,000 to $199,000 22,596 13.8%
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 10,847 6.6%
1999 to March 2000 4,460 1.3%   $300,000 to $499,999 3,001 1.8%
1995 to 1998 14,332 4.1%   $500,000 to $999,999 418 0.3%
1990 to 1994 20,406 5.9%   $1,000,000 or more 119 0.1%
1980 to 1989 40,049 11.5%   Median (dollars) $112,261 (X)
1970 to 1979 46,319 13.3%        
1960 to 1969 39,206 11.3%   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 73,587 21.2%    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 109,466 31.5%   With a mortgage 111,863 68.5%
             Less than $300 137 0.1%
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2,091 1.3%
1 room 4,039 1.2%        $500 to $699 8,092 5.0%
2 rooms 10,782 3.1%        $700 to $999 28,126 17.2%
3 rooms 30,346 8.7%        $1,000 to $1,499 46,739 28.6%
4 rooms 49,503 14.2%        $1,500 to $1,999 18,208 11.2%
5 rooms 62,949 18.1%        $2,000 or more 8,470 5.2%
6 rooms 71,200 20.5%        Median (dollars) $1,187 (X)
7 rooms 49,987 14.4%   Not mortgaged 51,342 31.5%
8 rooms 35,944 10.3%        Median (dollars) (X) (X)
9 or more rooms 33,075 9.5%        
Median (rooms) 6.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 318,255 100.0%    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 57,149 35.0%
1999 to March 2000 58,062 18.2%   15 to 19 percent 31,919 19.6%
1995 to 1998 79,569 25.0%   20 to 24 percent 24,872 15.2%
1990 to 1994 48,736 15.3%   25 to 29 percent 16,010 9.8%
1980 to 1989 54,399 17.1%   30 to 34 percent 10,164 6.2%
1970 to 1979 33,020 10.4%   35 percent or more 22,226 13.6%
1969 or earlier 44,469 14.0%   Not computed 865 0.5%
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 113,634 100.0%
None 36,022 11.3%   GROSS RENT    
1 116,503 36.6%   Less than $200 4,972 4.4%
2 123,829 38.9%   $200 to $299 4,809 4.2%
3 or more 41,901 13.2%   $300 to $499 24,411 21.5%
        $500 to $749 50,317 44.3%
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 19,096 16.8%
Utility Gas 189,781 59.6%   $1,000 to $1,499 4,402 3.9%
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 11,960 3.8%   $1,500 or more 940 0.8%
Electricity 37,501 11.8%   No cash rent 4,687 4.1%
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 71,260 22.4%   Median (dollars) $612 (X)
Coal or coke 198 0.1%        
Wood 5,799 1.8%   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 95 0.0%    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 1,034 0.3%   Less than 15 percent 21,295 18.7%
No fuel used 627 0.2%   15 to 19 percent 16,811 14.8%
        20 to 24 percent 15,124 13.3%
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 11,834 10.4%
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 1,295 0.4%   30 to 34 percent 8,194 7.2%
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 1,278 0.4%   35 percent or more 33,472 29.5%
No telephone service 3,486 1.1%   Not computed 6,904 6.1%
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.