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Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Ames, Story County Iowa 50014 5-Digit ZCTA [Data based on a sample.]

Ames Real Estate & Neighborhood Housing Data
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent

          Total housing units 9,125 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 8,799 100.0
1-unit, detached 3,718 40.7   1.00 or less 8,603 97.8
1-unit, attached 442 4.8   1.01 to 1.50 94 1.1
2 units 565 6.2   1.51 or more 102 1.2
3 or 4 units 621 6.8        
5 to 9 units 719 7.9             Specified owner-occupied units 3,125 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,095 12.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 1,633 17.9   Less than $50,000 25 0.8
Mobile home 332 3.6   $50,000 to $99,999 456 14.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 941 30.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 764 24.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 677 21.7
1999 to March 2000 422 4.6   $300,000 to $499,999 221 7.1
1995 to 1998 1,359 14.9   $500,000 to $999,999 41 1.3
1990 to 1994 1,019 11.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,382 15.1   Median (dollars) 159,100 (X)
1970 to 1979 1,866 20.4        
1960 to 1969 1,059 11.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 1,169 12.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 849 9.3   With a mortgage 2,391 76.5
             Less than $300 6 0.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 80 2.6
1 room 461 5.1        $500 to $699 194 6.2
2 rooms 651 7.1        $700 to $999 490 15.7
3 rooms 1,074 11.8        $1,000 to $1,499 858 27.5
4 rooms 1,858 20.4        $1,500 to $1,999 432 13.8
5 rooms 1,309 14.3        $2,000 or more 331 10.6
6 rooms 992 10.9        Median (dollars) 1,227 (X)
7 rooms 821 9.0   Not mortgaged 734 23.5
8 rooms 762 8.4        Median (dollars) 396 (X)
9 or more rooms 1,197 13.1        
Median (rooms) 4.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 8,799 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 1,200 38.4
1999 to March 2000 3,880 44.1   15 to 19 percent 656 21.0
1995 to 1998 2,480 28.2   20 to 24 percent 535 17.1
1990 to 1994 958 10.9   25 to 29 percent 310 9.9
1980 to 1989 676 7.7   30 to 34 percent 118 3.8
1970 to 1979 495 5.6   35 percent or more 306 9.8
1969 or earlier 310 3.5   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 5,039 100.0
None 378 4.3   GROSS RENT    
1 2,951 33.5   Less than $200 60 1.2
2 3,505 39.8   $200 to $299 186 3.7
3 or more 1,965 22.3   $300 to $499 954 18.9
        $500 to $749 2,341 46.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 992 19.7
Utility Gas 6,608 75.1   $1,000 to $1,499 351 7.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 354 4.0   $1,500 or more 21 0.4
Electricity 1,737 19.7   No cash rent 134 2.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 24 0.3   Median (dollars) 633 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 25 0.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 8 0.1    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 21 0.2   Less than 15 percent 615 12.2
No fuel used 22 0.3   15 to 19 percent 559 11.1
        20 to 24 percent 373 7.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 487 9.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 19 0.2   30 to 34 percent 448 8.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 36 0.4   35 percent or more 2,291 45.5
No telephone service 86 1.0   Not computed 266 5.3
 
Date: May 3, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.

This data is from the US Bureau of the Census. For more information or inquiries, please visit the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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