DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Rensselaer 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 3,726 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 3,401 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,459 39.2   1.00 or less 3,338 98.1
1-unit, attached 131 3.5   1.01 to 1.50 52 1.5
2 units 1,195 32.1   1.51 or more 11 0.3
3 or 4 units 373 10.0        
5 to 9 units 224 6.0             Specified owner-occupied units 1,310 100.0
10 to 19 units 33 0.9   VALUE    
20 or more units 302 8.1   Less than $50,000 174 13.3
Mobile home 9 0.2   $50,000 to $99,999 825 63.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 272 20.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 32 2.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 26 0.7   $300,000 to $499,999 7 0.5
1995 to 1998 65 1.7   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 99 2.7   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 285 7.6   Median (dollars) 83,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 230 6.2        
1960 to 1969 289 7.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 637 17.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 2,095 56.2   With a mortgage 885 67.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 19 1.5
1 room 19 0.5        $500 to $699 160 12.2
2 rooms 185 5.0        $700 to $999 337 25.7
3 rooms 354 9.5        $1,000 to $1,499 331 25.3
4 rooms 562 15.1        $1,500 to $1,999 37 2.8
5 rooms 856 23.0        $2,000 or more 1 0.1
6 rooms 811 21.8        Median (dollars) 898 (X)
7 rooms 495 13.3   Not mortgaged 425 32.4
8 rooms 235 6.3        Median (dollars) 366 (X)
9 or more rooms 209 5.6        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 3,401 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 433 33.1
1999 to March 2000 778 22.9   15 to 19 percent 263 20.1
1995 to 1998 896 26.3   20 to 24 percent 225 17.2
1990 to 1994 483 14.2   25 to 29 percent 156 11.9
1980 to 1989 514 15.1   30 to 34 percent 49 3.7
1970 to 1979 208 6.1   35 percent or more 178 13.6
1969 or earlier 522 15.3   Not computed 6 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,732 100.0
None 585 17.2   GROSS RENT    
1 1,499 44.1   Less than $200 155 8.9
2 1,010 29.7   $200 to $299 99 5.7
3 or more 307 9.0   $300 to $499 528 30.5
        $500 to $749 697 40.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 116 6.7
Utility Gas 2,393 70.4   $1,000 to $1,499 36 2.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 49 1.4   $1,500 or more 16 0.9
Electricity 545 16.0   No cash rent 85 4.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 395 11.6   Median (dollars) 509 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 380 21.9
No fuel used 19 0.6   15 to 19 percent 181 10.5
        20 to 24 percent 328 18.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 155 8.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 25 0.7   30 to 34 percent 131 7.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 472 27.3
No telephone service 65 1.9   Not computed 85 4.9
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.