Cribsheet: Housing
Housing. Square feet per person: 752.
by Sarah Sundberg
April 19, 2007
Proportion of homes with children under 18: 35%
Children under 18 in occupied housing units who live in rental units: 33.5%
Children under 18 in occupied housing units who live in owner-occupied units: 66.5%
Average family size: 3.14 people
Size of average American home: 2,330 square feet
Median square feet per person: 752
Number of households where there are more people than rooms: 6.1 million (5.8%)
Median monthly housing cost nationwide in 2005: $753
Median gross monthly rent in NYC in 2005: $920
Median gross monthly rent in Iowa in 2005: $559
Number of Americans living in urban areas: 222,358,309
Number of Americans living in rural areas: 59,063,597
Number of Americans living on farms: 2,987,531
Types of housing units in the US:
Single unit structures: 67%
Multi unit structures: 26%
Mobile homes: 7%
Estimated number of homeless people in the US: 3.5 million
Proportion of the homeless population who are under 18: 39%
Proportion of homeless children who are less than 5 years old: 5%
Proportion of people who rated their house a ten on a scale of one to ten: 28%
Proportion of people who rated their house eight or above on the same scale: 71%
©2007 Nerve Media
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Sarah Sundberg
lives in Brooklyn, where she bikes and explores abandoned buildings. Before that, she lived in Stockholm, Sweden, where she wrote about clubs and music. She has written for Nerve, Surface and indieWIRE. |
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