Table 10.  Vacant For-Rent Units, by Selected Characteristic for the United States:    
           1960, 1970, 1975, and 1980 to 1995            
(Percent distribution may not add to 100, due to rounding)
                                                         
Characteristic                    1960  1970   1975  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984
                                                                                
Rooms in unit, total               100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  1 and 2 rooms..................   30    25     20    19    19    18    16    16
  3 rooms........................   27    27     27    25    27    29    28    26
  4 rooms........................   22    26     32    31    30    29    32    34
  5 rooms or more................   21    22     21    25    24    24    25    25
  Median number or rooms.........  3.3   3.4    3.6   3.7   3.6   3.6   3.7   3.7
                                                                                 
Bedrooms in unit, total..........  100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  No bedrooms....................   15    19     14    14    14    12    11    11
  1 bedroom......................   45    35     35    34    36    37    36    34
  2 bedrooms.....................   29    34     39    38    36    37    38    41
  3 bedrooms or more.............   11    12     12    14    14    14    15    14
                                                                                 
Housing units in structure, total  100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  1 unit.........................   33    25     18    20    21    23    22    22
  2 units........................   20    14     13    14    14    14    13    13
  3 and 4 units..................   16    14     13    14    15    15    14    15
  5 to 9 units...................   12    16     19    15    14    15    16    16
  10 units or more...............   19    31     37    37    36    33    34    35
  Mobile homes...................  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
                                                                                 
Duration of vacancy, total         100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  Less than 1 month..............   31    35     34    37    39    35    35    34
  1 to 2 months..................   15    14     15    17    16    17    17    17
  2 to 4 months..................   17    16     17    17    17    17    18    18
  4 to 6 months..................    9     8     10     9     8    10    10    10
  6 months or more...............   28    27     24    20    20    21    21    21
    6 to 12 months...............  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
    1 to 2 years.................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
    2 years or more..............  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
                                                                                  
Year structure built, total        100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100 
  1970 or later..................  (NA)   19     23    25    25    26    30    36 
  1960 to 1969...................  (NA)    7     17    16    16    16    15    13 
  1950 to 1959...................  (NA)   10      9    10    11    10     9    10 
  1940 to 1949...................  (NA)   11      8     8     9     9     9     9 
  1939 or earlier................  (NA)   53     43    41    39    39    37    32 
                                                                                  
Monthly rent, specified, total/1.  100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100 
  Less than $100.................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $100 to $199...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $200 to $249...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $250 to $299...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $300 to $399...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $400 to $499...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $500 to $599...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $600 to $699...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $700 to $799...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  $800 or more...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
Median rent                                                                       
(Actual dollars).................   53    82    136   211   226   245   267   289 
(1995 constant dollars)..........  249   303    369   391   382   391   409   424 
                                                                                 
                                                                                
Characteristic                    1985  1986   1987  1988  1989 1989/r  1990  1991
                                                                                 
Rooms in unit, total               100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  1 and 2 rooms..................   16    14     13    14    13    13    13    13
  3 rooms........................   28    30     31    30    29    28    27    27
  4 rooms........................   33    34     35    35    36    37    36    36
  5 rooms or more................   23    22     21    20    23    23    24    24
  Median number or rooms.........  3.7   3.7    3.7   3.6   3.7   3.7   3.8   3.8
                                                                                 
Bedrooms in unit, total..........  100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  No bedrooms....................   10     9      9     9     9     8     8     9
  1 bedroom......................   37    38     38    38    37    36    35    35
  2 bedrooms.....................   40    40     40    41    42    43    44    43
  3 bedrooms or more.............   13    12     12    12    12    13    13    13
                                                                                 
Housing units in structure, total  100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  1 unit.........................   20    18     17    16    16    15    15    14
  2 units........................   12    12     11    11    11    11    11    11
  3 and 4 units..................   14    14     14    14    13    13    14    13
  5 to 9 units...................   18    18     18    18    19    18    16    17
  10 units or more...............   36    39     40    42    41    39    39    41
  Mobile homes...................  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)    4     5     4
                                                                                 
Duration of vacancy, total         100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  Less than 1 month..............   33    31     29    28    30    30    31    29
  1 to 2 months..................   17    16     16    16    18    18    17    17
  2 to 4 months..................   18    19     20    19    19    19    17    19
  4 to 6 months..................   10    11     11    10    10    10    10    10
  6 months or more...............   22    23     24    25    23    23    25    25
    6 to 12 months...............  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)   11    10    10    10    11
    1 to 2 years.................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)    8     8     8     9     8
    2 years or more..............  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)    6     5     5     6     6
                                                                                 
Year structure built, total        100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  1970 or later..................   42    46     46    45    43    44    43    42
  1960 to 1969...................   13    12     13    14    14    14    15    16
  1950 to 1959...................   10    11     11    10    10    10    10    10
  1940 to 1949...................    9     7      7     9     9     9     8     9
  1939 or earlier................   27    23     23    23    23    23    24    23
                                                                                
Monthly rent, specified, total/1.  100   100    100   100   100   100   100   100
  Less than $100.................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)    2     1     2
  $100 to $199...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)   12    11     8
  $200 to $249...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)   12    10     9
  $250 to $299...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)   14    12    10
  $300 to $399...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)   22    21    21
  $400 to $499...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)   14    15    17
  $500 to $599...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)    9    10    12
  $600 to $699...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)    6     7     8
  $700 to $799...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)    4     4     4
  $800 or more...................  (NA)  (NA)   (NA)  (NA)  (NA)    6     8     8
Median rent                                                                      
(Actual dollars).................  305   329    330   343   358   346   371   398
(1995 constant dollars)..........  432   457    443   442   440   425   433   445
                                                                               
                                                                              
                                                                             
Characteristic                     1992  1993 1993/r 1994  1995             
                                                                           
Rooms in unit, total               100   100    100   100   100        
  1 and 2 rooms..................   13    13     13    14    14       
  3 rooms........................   29    26     26    26    27      
  4 rooms........................   35    36     36    35    36     
  5 rooms or more................   23    24     25    25    26    
  Median number or rooms.........  3.7   3.8    3.8   3.8   3.8   
                                                                 
Bedrooms in unit, total..........  100   100    100   100   100 
  No bedrooms....................    8     8      8     4     4  
  1 bedroom......................   38    36     36    36    38  
  2 bedrooms.....................   41    42     43    45    46  
  3 bedrooms or more.............   13    13     13    15    15  
                                                                
Housing units in structure, total  100   100    100   100   100
  1 unit.........................   15    15     15    17    20  
  2 units........................   11    10     10    11    11 
  3 and 4 units..................   14    14     14    12    13
  5 to 9 units...................   17    18     18    16    16  
  10 units or more...............   39    40     40    39    37 
  Mobile homes...................    4     3      3     4     5
                                                               
Duration of vacancy, total         100   100    100   100   100
  Less than 1 month..............   29    28     27    31    30
  1 to 2 months..................   16    16     16    18    19
  2 to 4 months..................   20    20     20    18    19
  4 to 6 months..................   10    11     11    11    11
  6 months or more...............   26    25     25    23    23
    6 to 12 months...............   12    11     11    11    11
    1 to 2 years.................    9     9      9     7     7
    2 years or more..............    5     5      5     6     5
                                                               
Year structure built, total        100   100    100   100   100
  1970 or later..................   40    41     41    41    44
  1960 to 1969...................   17    16     16    16    15
  1950 to 1959...................   10    10     10    11    12
  1940 to 1949...................    9     9      9     9    10
  1939 or earlier................   25    24     24    23    23
                                                               
Monthly rent, specified, total/1.  100   100    100   100   100
  Less than $100.................    1     1      1     2     2
  $100 to $199...................    7     5      5     5     4
  $200 to $249...................    8     7      7     7     6
  $250 to $299...................    9    10     10     8     8
  $300 to $399...................   22    21     21    22    22
  $400 to $499...................   19    20     19    20    19
  $500 to $599...................   12    13     13    14    13
  $600 to $699...................    8     8      8     8     9
  $700 to $799...................    5     5      5     5     5
  $800 or more...................    9    10     10    10    11
Median rent                                                    
(Actual dollars).................  411   431    430   429   438
(1995 constant dollars)..........  446   455    454   429   438
                                                               
  rRevised.  NA  Not Available.                                
  1Excludes one-family homes on 10 acres or more.