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- Characteristics of New Privately Owned One-Family Houses Completed: 1970 - 1990[Percent distribution, except as indicated.] Characteristic 1970 1980 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990
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- Total new
- houses (1,000) 793 957 1,072 1,123 1,085 1,026 965
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- Financing
- Mortgage 84 81 81 80 82 (NA) (NA)
- FHA-insured 30 16 15 15 13 (NA) (NA)
- VA-guaranteed 7 8 7 6 4 (NA) (NA)
- Conventional 47 55 57 59 63 (NA) (NA)
- Farmers Home
- Administration 47 3 3 2 1 (NA) (NA)
- Cash or equivalent 16 18 19 18 18 (NA) (NA)
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- Floor area (sq.ft.)
- Under 1,200 36 21 20 14 12 13 11
- 1,200-1,599 28 29 30 27 25 23 22
- 1,600-1,999 16 22 21 22 22 22 22
- 2,000-2,399 21 13 12 16 16 16 17
- 2,400 & over 21 15 17 21 25 26 29
- Average 1,500 1,740 1,785 1,905 1,995 2,035 2,080
- Median 1,385 1,595 1,605 1,755 1,810 1,850 1,905
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- Number of stories
- 1 74 60 52 49 46 (NA) (NA)
- 2 or more 17 31 42 46 49 (NA) (NA)
- Split level 10 8 6 5 4 (NA) (NA)
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- Foundation
- Full or partial
- basement 37 36 35 39 39 37 38
- Slab 36 45 48 43 41 43 41
- Crawl space 27 19 18 18 19 19 21
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- Bedrooms
- 2 or less 13 17 25 19 17 15 15
- 3 63 63 57 58 57 57 57
- 4 or more 24 20 18 23 26 28 29
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- Bathrooms
- 1 or less 32 18 13 10 8 8 8
- 1 1/2 20 10 11 7 7 6 5
- 2 32 48 48 45 44 42 42
- 2 1/2 or more 16 25 29 38 42 44 45
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- Heating fuel
- Electricity 28 50 44 40 37 34 33
- Gas 62 41 49 52 54 58 59
- Oil 8 3 3 5 6 5 5
- Other 1 5 4 3 3 3 3
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- Heating system
- Warm air furnace 71 57 54 57 60 63 65
- Electric heat
- pump (NA) 24 30 27 26 24 23
- Other 29 19 15 16 15 13 12
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- Central air-conditioning
- With 34 63 70 71 75 77 76
- Without 66 37 30 29 25 23 24
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- Fireplaces
- No fireplace 65 43 41 38 35 35 34
- 1 or more 35 56 59 62 65 65 66
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- Parking facilities
- Garage 58 69 70 79 78 80 82
- Carport 17 7 5 3 3 3 2
- No garage
- or carport 25 24 25 18 18 17 16
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- NA=Not available.
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- Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, and U.S. Dept. of Housing &
- Urban Development.
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