Fort Myers Florida Housing and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total housing units	21,837	100.0		OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
UNITS IN STRUCTURE				Occupied housing units	19,160	100.0
1-unit, detached	7,830	35.9		1.00 or less	17,410	90.9
1-unit, attached	527	2.4		1.01 to 1.50	959	5.0
2 units	977	4.5		1.51 or more	791	4.1
3 or 4 units	1,429	6.5
5 to 9 units	2,029	9.3		Specified owner-occupied units	5,800	100.0
10 to 19 units	2,372	10.9		VALUE
20 or more units	5,767	26.4		Less than $50,000	1,077	18.6
Mobile home	866	4.0		$50,000 to $99,999	2,958	51.0
Boat, RV, van, etc.	40	0.2		$100,000 to $149,999	740	12.8
				$150,000 to $199,000	333	5.7
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT				$200,000 to $299,999	327	5.6
1999 to March 2000	705	3.2		$300,000 to $499,999	255	4.4
1995 to 1998	824	3.8		$500,000 to $999,999	62	1.1
1990 to 1994	1,609	7.4		$1,000,000 or more	48	0.8
1980 to 1989	5,015	23.0		Median (dollars)	76,700	(X)
1970 to 1979	4,687	21.5
1960 to 1969	4,597	21.1		MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959	3,253	14.9		MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier	1,147	5.3		With a mortgage	4,135	71.3
				Less than $300	27	0.5
ROOMS				$300 to $499	430	7.4
1 room	778	3.6		$500 to $699	1,123	19.4
2 rooms	2,268	10.4		$700 to $999	1,324	22.8
3 rooms	3,877	17.8		$1,000 to $1,499	680	11.7
4 rooms	5,589	25.6		$1,500 to $1,999	236	4.1
5 rooms	3,837	17.6		$2,000 or more	315	5.4
6 rooms	2,679	12.3		Median (dollars)	796	(X)
7 rooms	1,387	6.4		Not mortgaged	1,665	28.7
8 rooms	810	3.7		Median (dollars)	272	(X)
9 or more rooms	612	2.8
Median (rooms)	4.2	(X)		SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
				AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied Housing Units	19,160	100.0		INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT				Less than 15 percent	2,187	37.7
1999 to March 2000	6,913	36.1		15 to 19 percent	903	15.6
1995 to 1998	5,653	29.5		20 to 24 percent	690	11.9
1990 to 1994	2,400	12.5		25 to 29 percent	483	8.3
1980 to 1989	2,179	11.4		30 to 34 percent	413	7.1
1970 to 1979	1,072	5.6		35 percent or more	1,065	18.4
1969 or earlier	943	4.9		Not computed	59	1.0
VEHICLES AVAILABLE				Specified renter-occupied units	11,565	100.0
None	3,467	18.1		GROSS RENT
1	9,293	48.5		Less than $200	1,001	8.7
2	4,985	26.0		$200 to $299	582	5.0
3 or more	1,415	7.4		$300 to $499	2,338	20.2
				$500 to $749	5,018	43.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL				$750 to $999	1,483	12.8
Utility Gas	139	0.7		$1,000 to $1,499	363	3.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas	226	1.2		$1,500 or more	553	4.8
Electricity	18,256	95.3		No cash rent	227	2.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	76	0.4		Median (dollars)	588	(X)
Coal or coke	0	0.0
Wood	23	0.1		GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy	5	0.0		HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel	39	0.2		Less than 15 percent	1,700	14.7
No fuel used	396	2.1		15 to 19 percent	1,430	12.4
				20 to 24 percent	1,467	12.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS				25 to 29 percent	1,385	12.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	132	0.7		30 to 34 percent	919	7.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	137	0.7		35 percent or more	4,093	35.4
No telephone service	1,159	6.0		Not computed	571	4.9
Date: December 30, 2004
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.