DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Schenectady 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 30,326 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 26,307 100.0
1-unit, detached 10,546 34.8   1.00 or less 25,653 97.5
1-unit, attached 918 3.0   1.01 to 1.50 395 1.5
2 units 10,221 33.7   1.51 or more 259 1.0
3 or 4 units 3,806 12.6        
5 to 9 units 1,872 6.2             Specified owner-occupied units 8,627 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,011 3.3   VALUE    
20 or more units 1,922 6.3   Less than $50,000 1,136 13.2
Mobile home 30 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 6,718 77.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 578 6.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 107 1.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 83 1.0
1999 to March 2000 14 0.0   $300,000 to $499,999 5 0.1
1995 to 1998 396 1.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 438 1.4   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 745 2.5   Median (dollars) 71,200 (X)
1970 to 1979 1,448 4.8        
1960 to 1969 2,403 7.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 7,750 25.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 17,132 56.5   With a mortgage 5,326 61.7
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 84 1.0
1 room 507 1.7        $500 to $699 563 6.5
2 rooms 1,111 3.7        $700 to $999 2,139 24.8
3 rooms 4,059 13.4        $1,000 to $1,499 2,176 25.2
4 rooms 4,419 14.6        $1,500 to $1,999 291 3.4
5 rooms 5,582 18.4        $2,000 or more 73 0.8
6 rooms 8,040 26.5        Median (dollars) 983 (X)
7 rooms 3,228 10.6   Not mortgaged 3,301 38.3
8 rooms 1,748 5.8        Median (dollars) 414 (X)
9 or more rooms 1,632 5.4        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 26,307 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 2,314 26.8
1999 to March 2000 6,603 25.1   15 to 19 percent 1,840 21.3
1995 to 1998 7,131 27.1   20 to 24 percent 1,401 16.2
1990 to 1994 3,551 13.5   25 to 29 percent 820 9.5
1980 to 1989 3,313 12.6   30 to 34 percent 681 7.9
1970 to 1979 1,794 6.8   35 percent or more 1,473 17.1
1969 or earlier 3,915 14.9   Not computed 98 1.1
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 14,571 100.0
None 5,661 21.5   GROSS RENT    
1 12,020 45.7   Less than $200 917 6.3
2 6,869 26.1   $200 to $299 828 5.7
3 or more 1,757 6.7   $300 to $499 3,819 26.2
        $500 to $749 6,787 46.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,424 9.8
Utility Gas 20,767 78.9   $1,000 to $1,499 230 1.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 398 1.5   $1,500 or more 38 0.3
Electricity 3,216 12.2   No cash rent 528 3.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,744 6.6   Median (dollars) 548 (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 110 0.4   Less than 15 percent 2,205 15.1
No fuel used 72 0.3   15 to 19 percent 2,076 14.2
        20 to 24 percent 1,726 11.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,509 10.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 119 0.5   30 to 34 percent 1,011 6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 143 0.5   35 percent or more 5,144 35.3
No telephone service 637 2.4   Not computed 900 6.2
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.