DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Syracuse 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 68,196 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 59,486 100.0
1-unit, detached 25,987 38.1   1.00 or less 57,547 96.7
1-unit, attached 1,811 2.7   1.01 to 1.50 1,127 1.9
2 units 13,821 20.3   1.51 or more 812 1.4
3 or 4 units 6,979 10.2        
5 to 9 units 5,268 7.7             Specified owner-occupied units 19,982 100.0
10 to 19 units 4,060 6.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 10,222 15.0   Less than $50,000 3,705 18.5
Mobile home 48 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 13,790 69.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,888 9.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 414 2.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 152 0.8
1999 to March 2000 102 0.1   $300,000 to $499,999 19 0.1
1995 to 1998 585 0.9   $500,000 to $999,999 8 0.0
1990 to 1994 948 1.4   $1,000,000 or more 6 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,549 3.7   Median (dollars) 68,000 (X)
1970 to 1979 5,697 8.4        
1960 to 1969 7,419 10.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 18,132 26.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 32,764 48.0   With a mortgage 12,637 63.2
             Less than $300 31 0.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 436 2.2
1 room 2,518 3.7        $500 to $699 1,843 9.2
2 rooms 3,280 4.8        $700 to $999 5,524 27.6
3 rooms 10,322 15.1        $1,000 to $1,499 3,948 19.8
4 rooms 9,920 14.5        $1,500 to $1,999 632 3.2
5 rooms 11,860 17.4        $2,000 or more 223 1.1
6 rooms 13,699 20.1        Median (dollars) 921 (X)
7 rooms 8,056 11.8   Not mortgaged 7,345 36.8
8 rooms 4,501 6.6        Median (dollars) 374 (X)
9 rooms 4,040 5.9        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 59,486 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 6,590 33.0
1999 to March 2000 17,087 28.7   15 to 19 percent 3,938 19.7
1995 to 1998 16,382 27.5   20 to 24 percent 2,759 13.8
1990 to 1994 7,277 12.2   25 to 29 percent 1,773 8.9
1980 to 1989 6,954 11.7   30 to 34 percent 1,283 6.4
1970 to 1979 4,500 7.6   35 percent or more 3,456 17.3
1969 or earlier 7,286 12.2   Not completed 183 0.9
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 35,475 100.0
None 15,797 26.6   GROSS RENT    
1 26,209 44.1   Less than $200 2,401 6.8
2 14,096 23.7   $200 to $299 2,102 5.9
3 or more 3,384 5.7   $300 to $499 12,241 34.5
        $500 to $749 13,708 38.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 3,186 9.0
Utility Gas 46,910 78.9   $1,000 to $1,499 698 2.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 725 1.2   $1,500 or more 62 0.2
Electricity 10,326 17.4   No cash rent 1,077 3.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 436 0.7   Median (dollars) 506 (X)
Coal or coke 24 0.0        
Wood 73 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 6 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 694 1.2   Less than 15 percent 4,768 13.4
No fuel used 292 0.5   15 to 19 percent 3,839 10.8
        20 to 24 percent 3,873 10.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 3,463 9.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 451 0.8   30 to 34 percent 2,553 7.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 716 1.2   35 percent or more 14,629 41.2
No telephone service 2,210 3.7   Not computed 2,350 6.6
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.