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2000 Census Summary: City of Milwaukee housing data
 

   

2000

 

1990

 

Percent

Characteristic

 

Number

Percent

 

Number

Percent

 

Change

                 

Total housing units

 

249,225

   

254,204

   

-2.0%

                 

Tenure

               

Occupied

 

232,188

93.2%

 

240,540

94.6%

 

-3.5%

      Owner

 

105,235

45.3%

 

107,682

44.8%

 

-2.3%

      Renter

 

126,953

54.7%

 

132,858

55.2%

 

-4.4%

Vacant

 

17,037

6.8%

 

13,664

5.4%

 

24.7%

                 

Year structure built (2000 only)

               

1939 or earlier

 

83,742

33.6%

         

1940 to 1949

 

32,596

13.1%

         

1950 to 1959

 

56,820

22.8%

         

1960 to 1969

 

34,418

13.8%

         

1970 to 1979

 

24,935

10.0%

         

1980 to 1989

 

9,710

3.9%

         

1990 to 1994

 

3,301

1.3%

         

1995 to 1998

 

2,705

1.1%

         

1999 to March, 2000

 

988

0.4%

         
                 

Number of Rooms

               

1

 

7,475

3.0%

 

6,195

2.4%

 

20.7%

2

 

13,306

5.3%

 

10,451

4.1%

 

27.3%

3

 

27,347

11.0%

 

28,630

11.3%

 

-4.5%

4

 

48,046

19.3%

 

52,643

20.7%

 

-8.7%

5

 

70,895

28.4%

 

76,693

30.2%

 

-7.6%

6

 

42,904

17.2%

 

45,044

17.7%

 

-4.8%

7

 

19,543

7.8%

 

18,407

7.2%

 

6.2%

8+

 

19,699

7.9%

 

16,147

6.4%

 

22.0%

                 

Number of bedrooms

               

none

 

9,633

3.9%

 

7625

3.0%

 

26.3%

1

 

42,087

16.9%

 

42178

16.6%

 

-0.2%

2

 

88,219

35.4%

 

93069

36.6%

 

-5.2%

3

 

80,346

32.2%

 

84436

33.2%

 

-4.8%

4

 

22,473

9.0%

 

21387

8.4%

 

5.1%

5 or more

 

6,457

2.6%

 

5509

2.2%

 

17.2%

                 
                 

Year householder moved into current unit

             

1969 or earlier

 

24,899

10.7%

         

1970 to 1979

 

19,689

8.5%

         

1980 to 1989

 

28,196

12.1%

         

1990 to 1994

 

33,789

14.6%

         

1995 to 1998

 

70,227

30.2%

         

1999 to March, 2000

 

55,378

23.9%

         
                 

Housing cost

               

Single family owner occupied value

 

82,305

   

81,564

   

0.9%

   Median value

 

$80,400

   

$71,474

   

12.5%

   Average value

 

$87,987

   

$74,547

   

18.0%

                 

 With a mortgage

 

56,351

68.5%

 

48,445

59.4%

 

16.3%

   Median monthly cost

 

$863

   

$874

   

-1.2%

   Average monthly cost

 

$1,088

   

$911

   

19.4%

   Median percent of income

               

      spent for housing

 

20.9

   

20.6

     
                 

 No mortgage

 

25,957

31.5%

 

33,485

41.1%

 

-22.5%

   Median monthly cost

 

$322

   

$362

   

-11.1%

   Average monthly cost

 

$339

   

$369

   

-8.1%

   Median percent of income

               

      spent for housing

 

12.2

   

14.2

     
                 

Renter occupied

               

   Median monthly contract rent

 

$453

   

$457

   

-0.9%

   Average monthly contract rent

 

$467

   

$469

   

-0.4%

   Median monthly gross rent

 

$527

   

$558

   

-5.6%

   Average monthly gross rent

 

$547

   

$564

   

-3.0%

   Median percent of income

               

      spent for housing

 

25.7

   

28.0

     
                 
                 

Source:  1990 and 2000 Census Files