DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Springfield township
[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 9,971 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 9,447 100.0
1-unit, detached 5,738 57.5   1.00 or less 9,327 98.7
1-unit, attached 625 6.3   1.01 to 1.50 81 0.9
2 units 73 0.7   1.51 or more 39 0.4
3 or 4 units 275 2.8        
5 to 9 units 1,128 11.3             Specified owner-occupied units 5,360 100.0
10 to 19 units 753 7.6   VALUE    
20 or more units 623 6.2   Less than $50,000 158 2.9
Mobile home 747 7.5   $50,000 to $99,999 1,481 27.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 9 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 1,193 22.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,063 19.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 839 15.7
1999 to March 2000 232 2.3   $300,000 to $499,999 509 9.5
1995 to 1998 1,192 12.0   $500,000 to $999,999 82 1.5
1990 to 1994 1,315 13.2   $1,000,000 or more 35 0.7
1980 to 1989 1,835 18.4   Median (dollars) 144,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 2,500 25.1        
1960 to 1969 1,008 10.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 1,352 13.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 537 5.4   With a mortgage 4,174 77.9
             Less than $300 37 0.7
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 94 1.8
1 room 104 1.0        $500 to $699 373 7.0
2 rooms 253 2.5        $700 to $999 828 15.4
3 rooms 896 9.0        $1,000 to $1,499 1,341 25.0
4 rooms 1,391 14.0        $1,500 to $1,999 875 16.3
5 rooms 1,982 19.9        $2,000 or more 626 11.7
6 rooms 1,579 15.8        Median (dollars) 1,268 (X)
7 rooms 1,304 13.1   Not mortgaged 1,186 22.1
8 rooms 1,289 12.9        Median (dollars) 338 (X)
9 or more rooms 1,173 11.8        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 9,447 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 1,757 32.8
1999 to March 2000 2,269 24.0   15 to 19 percent 957 17.9
1995 to 1998 2,995 31.7   20 to 24 percent 939 17.5
1990 to 1994 1,585 16.8   25 to 29 percent 518 9.7
1980 to 1989 1,101 11.7   30 to 34 percent 368 6.9
1970 to 1979 769 8.1   35 percent or more 793 14.8
1969 or earlier 728 7.7   Not computed 28 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,116 100.0
None 405 4.3   GROSS RENT    
1 3,173 33.6   Less than $200 42 1.3
2 4,161 44.0   $200 to $299 112 3.6
3 or more 1,708 18.1   $300 to $499 800 25.7
        $500 to $749 1,657 53.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 391 12.5
Utility Gas 7,431 78.7   $1,000 to $1,499 36 1.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 243 2.6   $1,500 or more 32 1.0
Electricity 1,625 17.2   No cash rent 46 1.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 88 0.9   Median (dollars) 566 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 39 0.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 21 0.2   Less than 15 percent 682 21.9
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 557 17.9
        20 to 24 percent 515 16.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 315 10.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 23 0.2   30 to 34 percent 196 6.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 27 0.3   35 percent or more 753 24.2
No telephone service 54 0.6   Not computed 98 3.1
 
Date: August 27, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.