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Release date: February 2017
Revised date: May 2018
Number of housing units (million) | ||||||
Housing unit type | ||||||
Total U.S.2 | Single-family detached | Single-family attached | Apartment (2- to 4-unit building) |
Apartment (5 or more unit building) |
Mobile home | |
All homes | 118.2 | 73.9 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 21.1 | 6.8 |
Number of household members | ||||||
1 member | 28.7 | 12.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 1.7 |
2 members | 42.7 | 28.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 2.4 |
3 members | 19.4 | 13.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
4 members | 15.5 | 11.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
5 members | 7.2 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
6 or more members | 4.6 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Q | 0.4 |
Children under 18 in household | ||||||
Yes | 37.7 | 25.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 |
No | 80.5 | 48.0 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 16.7 | 4.5 |
2015 annual household income | ||||||
Less than $20,000 | 22.9 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 2.8 |
$20,000 to $39,999 | 27.3 | 15.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 2.1 |
$40,000 to $59,999 | 18.4 | 12.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
$60,000 to $79,999 | 15.2 | 10.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
$80,000 to $99,999 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | Q |
$100,000 to $119,999 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 0.3 | Q | 0.9 | Q |
$120,000 to $139,999 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 0.3 | Q | 0.6 | Q |
$140,000 or more | 11.2 | 9.3 | 0.6 | Q | 1.1 | Q |
Ownership of housing unit3 | ||||||
Owned | 74.5 | 62.5 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 5.0 |
Rented | 43.7 | 11.3 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 19.0 | 1.8 |
Payment method for energy bills | ||||||
All paid by household | 105.8 | 72.8 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 6.5 |
Some paid by household, some included in rent or condo fee | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.2 | Q |
All included in rent or condo fee | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
Some other method | 0.9 | 0.4 | Q | Q | 0.2 | Q |
Age of householder4 | ||||||
Younger than 25 years | 6.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
25 to 34 years | 18.0 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 1.0 |
35 to 44 years | 18.5 | 11.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.0 |
45 to 54 years | 21.7 | 15.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
55 to 64 years | 24.4 | 16.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 |
65 to 74 years | 17.5 | 12.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
75 years or older | 12.1 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.4 |
Ethnicity of householder4 | ||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 15.0 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 103.2 | 66.2 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 17.6 | 5.8 |
Race of householder4, 5 | ||||||
White | 95.4 | 63.6 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 14.6 | 5.8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13.8 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 81.6 | 56.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 11.4 | 4.9 |
Black or African American | 13.6 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 0.7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0.5 | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 13.1 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
Asian | 4.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | Q |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1.3 | 0.9 | Q | Q | Q | Q |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 0.2 | Q | Q | Q | Q |
More than one race | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | Q | 0.8 | Q |
Typical number of weekdays someone is at home | ||||||
0 days a week | 19.5 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 0.8 |
1 day a week | 9.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
2 days a week | 12.0 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
3 days a week | 6.9 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | Q |
4 days a week | 5.3 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
5 days a week | 65.5 | 42.9 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 4.5 |
1Housing characteristics data were collected between August 2015 and April 2016. 2Total U.S. includes all primary occupied housing units in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Vacant housing units, seasonal units, second homes, military houses, and group quarters are excluded. 3Rented includes households that occupy their primary housing units without paying rent. 4A householder is a person in whose name the home is owned or rented. These characteristics refer to the householder that completed the RECS questionnaire. 5Householders were permitted to select more than one racial category to describe themselves. These householders are only included as More than one race. Q = Data withheld because either the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50% or fewer than 10 cases responded. Notes: Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. See RECS Terminology for definition of terms used in these tables. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Forms EIA-457A and EIA-457C of the 2015 Residential Energy Consumption Survey. |