Seattle Washington Housing and demographic information


Seattle Washington Housing and demographic information

Seattle Washington Housing information

	Summary - Age, Sex, Race
More Census Data:
Social Demographics - School, Marital, Ancestry	Economic - Employment, Income, Industry	Housing - Occupancy, Mortgage, Rent

Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Seattle city

Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent

Total housing units	270,536	100.0	OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
UNITS IN STRUCTURE			Occupied housing units	258,510	100.0
1-unit, detached	132,908	49.1	1.00 or less	245,931	95.1
1-unit, attached	5,919	2.2	1.01 to 1.50	5,002	1.9
2 units	9,684	3.6	1.51 or more	7,577	2.9
3 or 4 units	12,178	4.5
5 to 9 units	18,935	7.0	Specified owner-occupied units	102,718	100.0
10 to 19 units	23,852	8.8	VALUE
20 or more units	65,699	24.3	Less than $50,000	748	0.7
Mobile home	581	0.2	$50,000 to $99,999	1,795	1.7
Boat, RV, van, etc.	780	0.3	$100,000 to $149,999	8,528	8.3
			$150,000 to $199,000	18,080	17.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT			$200,000 to $299,999	35,715	34.8
1999 to March 2000	4,081	1.5	$300,000 to $499,999	26,554	25.9
1995 to 1998	10,153	3.8	$500,000 to $999,999	9,422	9.2
1990 to 1994	12,645	4.7	$1,000,000 or more	1,876	1.8
1980 to 1989	24,238	9.0	Median (dollars)	259,600	(X)
1970 to 1979	26,750	9.9
1960 to 1969	33,116	12.2	MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959	71,809	26.5	MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier	87,744	32.4	With a mortgage	74,340	72.4
			Less than $300	176	0.2
ROOMS			$300 to $499	922	0.9
1 room	22,507	8.3	$500 to $699	2,533	2.5
2 rooms	30,181	11.2	$700 to $999	8,436	8.2
3 rooms	45,331	16.8	$1,000 to $1,499	25,257	24.6
4 rooms	41,709	15.4	$1,500 to $1,999	20,373	19.8
5 rooms	36,886	13.6	$2,000 or more	16,643	16.2
6 rooms	30,433	11.2	Median (dollars)	1,497	(X)
7 rooms	24,832	9.2	Not mortgaged	28,378	27.6
8 rooms	18,516	6.8	Median (dollars)	406	(X)
9 or more rooms	20,141	7.4
Median (rooms)	4.4	(X)	SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
			AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied Housing Units	258,510	100.0	INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT			Less than 15 percent	32,921	32.0
1999 to March 2000	67,692	26.2	15 to 19 percent	16,152	15.7
1995 to 1998	81,511	31.5	20 to 24 percent	13,658	13.3
1990 to 1994	36,522	14.1	25 to 29 percent	11,263	11.0
1980 to 1989	33,844	13.1	30 to 34 percent	7,944	7.7
1970 to 1979	17,986	7.0	35 percent or more	20,194	19.7
1969 or earlier	20,955	8.1	Not computed	586	0.6

VEHICLES AVAILABLE			Specified renter-occupied units	133,305	100.0
None	42,180	16.3	GROSS RENT
1	109,813	42.5	Less than $200	7,072	5.3
2	77,961	30.2	$200 to $299	4,454	3.3
3 or more	28,556	11.0	$300 to $499	12,882	9.7
			$500 to $749	47,023	35.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL			$750 to $999	32,441	24.3
Utility Gas	91,726	35.5	$1,000 to $1,499	20,407	15.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas	2,051	0.8	$1,500 or more	6,571	4.9
Electricity	126,143	48.8	No cash rent	2,455	1.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	33,889	13.1	Median (dollars)	721	(X)
Coal or coke	11	0.0
Wood	689	0.3	GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy	38	0.0	HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel	2,753	1.1	Less than 15 percent	19,401	14.6
No fuel used	1,210	0.5	15 to 19 percent	19,717	14.8
			20 to 24 percent	19,534	14.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS			25 to 29 percent	16,853	12.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	1,983	0.8	30 to 34 percent	11,822	8.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	2,412	0.9	35 percent or more	40,855	30.6
No telephone service	2,847	1.1	Not computed	5,123	3.8

Date: January 11, 2005

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.

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