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| 1990 CENSUS SELECTED HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS BY MUNICIPALITY |
NO. 42 APRIL 1992 |
This data bulletin contains selected housing characteristics from Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1) of the 1990 Census. All information in this bulletin is derived from the 100% data compiled from the "short form" questionnaire filled out by all respondents to the 1990 Census.
The housing characteristics are listed for each municipality in an expanded four-state, 28-county area. These 28 counties include the 9 DVRPC member counties as well as the 9 surrounding counties, and comprise the DVRPC 1990 census data service area. (See Map 1 on page 4.)
The following variables were selected for this summary:
The Census Bureau defines the above housing variables as follows:
Housing Unit - "A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home or trailer, a group of rooms or a single room occupied as separate living quarters or, if vacant, intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. Both occupied and vacant housing units are included in the housing unit inventory."
Occupied Housing Unit - "A housing unit is classified as occupied if it is the usual place of residence of the person or group of persons living in it at the time of enumeration, or if the occupants are only temporarily absent; that is, away on vacation. If all the persons staying in the unit at the time of the census have their usual place of residence elsewhere, the unit is classified as vacant. A household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence. By definition, the count of occupied housing units for 100-percent tabulations is the same as the count of households or householders."
Vacant Units - "A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at the time of enumeration, unless its occupants are only temporarily absent. Units temporarily occupied at the time of enumeration entirely by persons who have a usual residence elsewhere are also classified as vacant.
"New units not yet occupied are classified as vacant housing units if construction has reached a point where all exterior windows and doors are installed and final usable floors are in place. Vacant units are excluded if they are open to the elements; that is, the roof, walls, windows, and/or doors no longer protect the interior form the elements, or if there is positive evidence that the unit is condemned or is to be demolished. Also excluded are quarters being used entirely for nonresidential purposes, such as a store or an office."
Owner Occupied Units - "A housing unit is owner occupied if the owner or co-owner lives in the unit even if it is mortgaged or not fully paid for. The owner or co-owner must live in the unit and usually is the person listed in column 1 of the questionnaire."
Renter Occupied Units - "All occupied housing units which are not owner occupied, whether they are rented for cash rent or occupied without payment of cash rent, are classified as renter occupied."
House Value - "Value is the respondent's estimate of how much the property (house and lot, mobile home and lot, or condominium unit) would sell for if it were for sale."
Monthly (Contract) Rent - "Contract rent is the monthly rent agreed to or contracted for, regardless of any furnishings, utilities, fees, meals, or services that may be included. For vacant units, it is the monthly rent asked for the rental unit at the time of enumeration."
Persons per Occupied Unit - Persons per occupied unit is calculated by dividing the number of persons in occupied housing units by the number of occupied housing units. Persons per occupied unit is the same as persons per household.
Units with 2.01 or more Persons per Room - Persons per room is calculated by dividing the number of persons in each occupied housing unit by the number of rooms in the unit. Persons per room is intended to indicate the level of utilization or crowding within a unit; the Census Bureau, however, does not define the term "overcrowded units."
Boarded-up Units - "Boarded-up units have windows and doors covered by wood, metal, or masonry to protect the interior and to prevent entry into the building. A single-unit structure, a unit in a multi-unit structure, or an entire multi-unit structure may be boarded-up."
Table 1, which begins on page 5, lists housing data for each municipality in the 28 counties, and includes the following totals:
Comparable data on housing characteristics from the 1980 Census are summarized in DVRPC's Data Bulletin No. 26. To obtain a copy of Data Bulletin No. 26 or other demographic and economic information, please contact the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission at (215) 592-1800.
Download data files in Tab-delimited format (for spreadsheets and databases)
Table 1: 1990 Census of Population - Housing Characteristics
Table 1a: 1990 Census of Population - Housing Characteristics (County Totals)
Table 1b: 1990 Census of Population - Housing Characteristics (State and Region Totals)