DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Onondaga 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 196,633 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 181,153 100.0
1-unit, detached 120,713 61.4   1.00 or less 178,018 98.3
1-unit, attached 6,864 3.5   1.01 to 1.50 2,019 1.1
2 units 18,582 9.5   1.51 or more 1,116 0.6
3 or 4 units 10,668 5.4        
5 to 9 units 12,732 6.5             Specified owner-occupied units 104,088 100.0
10 to 19 units 9,475 4.8   VALUE    
20 or more units 14,861 7.6   Less than $50,000 6,654 6.4
Mobile home 2,706 1.4   $50,000 to $99,999 62,952 60.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 32 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 22,217 21.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 7,319 7.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 3,515 3.4
1999 to March 2000 1,928 1.0   $300,000 to $499,999 1,129 1.1
1995 to 1998 4,486 2.3   $500,000 to $999,999 265 0.3
1990 to 1994 8,995 4.6   $1,000,000 or more 37 0.0
1980 to 1989 20,814 10.6   Median (dollars) 85,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 26,422 13.4        
1960 to 1969 29,574 15.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 51,242 26.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 53,172 27.0   With a mortgage 71,494 68.7
             Less than $300 131 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 1,532 1.5
1 room 3,152 1.6        $500 to $699 6,881 6.6
2 rooms 5,299 2.7        $700 to $999 23,908 23.0
3 rooms 18,455 9.4        $1,000 to $1,499 27,426 26.3
4 rooms 24,818 12.6        $1,500 to $1,999 7,681 7.4
5 rooms 32,972 16.8        $2,000 or more 3,935 3.8
6 rooms 39,538 20.1        Median (dollars) 1,048 (X)
7 rooms 30,755 15.6   Not mortgaged 32,594 31.3
8 rooms 23,410 11.9        Median (dollars) 388 (X)
9 rooms 18,234 9.3        
Median (rooms) 5.8 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 181,153 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 36,098 34.7
1999 to March 2000 34,299 18.9   15 to 19 percent 20,666 19.9
1995 to 1998 45,175 24.9   20 to 24 percent 15,736 15.1
1990 to 1994 26,811 14.8   25 to 29 percent 10,026 9.6
1980 to 1989 30,151 16.6   30 to 34 percent 6,149 5.9
1970 to 1979 18,496 10.2   35 percent or more 14,887 14.3
1969 or earlier 26,221 14.5   Not completed 526 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 64,077 100.0
None 22,961 12.7   GROSS RENT    
1 67,841 37.4   Less than $200 3,432 5.4
2 69,657 38.5   $200 to $299 3,118 4.9
3 or more 20,694 11.4   $300 to $499 17,689 27.6
        $500 to $749 28,322 44.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 7,113 11.1
Utility Gas 137,401 75.8   $1,000 to $1,499 1,592 2.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 4,332 2.4   $1,500 or more 514 0.8
Electricity 24,670 13.6   No cash rent 2,297 3.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 10,784 6.0   Median (dollars) 550 (X)
Coal or coke 206 0.1        
Wood 1,655 0.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 30 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 1,500 0.8   Less than 15 percent 10,276 16.0
No fuel used 575 0.3   15 to 19 percent 8,615 13.4
        20 to 24 percent 8,008 12.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 6,612 10.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 782 0.4   30 to 34 percent 4,706 7.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 1,000 0.6   35 percent or more 21,914 34.2
No telephone service 2,808 1.6   Not computed 3,946 6.2
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.