Table 10.  Vacant For-Rent Units, by Selected Characteristic for the United States:
                  1960, 1970, 1975, and 1980 to 1996
(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   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, total.....     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
(1996 constant dollars).     299      312      380      402      394      402      421      436
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Table 10.  Vacant For-Rent Units, by Selected Characteristic for the United States:
                  1960, 1970, 1975, and 1980 to 1996 - Continued

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   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, total.....     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
(1996 constant dollars).     445      471      456      455      453      438      445      458
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Table 10.  Vacant For-Rent Units, by Selected Characteristic for the United States:
                  1960, 1970, 1975, and 1980 to 1996 - Continued


Characteristic              1992     1993   1993/r     1994     1995     1996

Rooms in unit, total....     100      100      100      100      100      100
  1 and 2 rooms.........      13       13       13       14       14       14
  3 rooms...............      29       26       26       26       26      170
  4 rooms...............      35       36       36       35       35      150
  5 rooms or more.......      23       24       25       25       25       68
  Median number or rooms     3.7      3.8      3.8      3.8      3.8      3.8

Bedrooms in unit, total.     100      100      100      100      100      100
  No bedrooms...........       8        8        8        4        4        4
  1 bedroom.............      38       36       36       36       37       36
  2 bedrooms............      41       42       43       45       44       46
  3 bedrooms or more....      13       13       13       15       15       14

Housing units in structure   100      100      100      100      100      100
  1 unit................      15       15       15       17       20       19
  2 units...............      11       10       10       11       11       12
  3 and 4 units.........      14       14       14       12       13       13
  5 to 9 units..........      17       18       18       16       16       15
  10 units or more......      39       40       40       39       36       36
  Mobile homes..........       4        3        3        4        5        5

Duration of vacancy, total   100      100      100      100      100      100
  Less than 1 month.....      29       28       27       31       29       29
  1 to 2 months.........      16       16       16       18       19       19
  2 to 4 months.........      20       20       20       18       19       19
  4 to 6 months.........      10       11       11       11       11       10
  6 months or more......      26       25       25       23       22       23
    6 to 12 months......      12       11       11       11       11       11
    1 to 2 years........       9        9        9        7        7        7
    2 years or more.....       5        5        5        6        4        5

Year structure built, total  100      100      100      100      100      100
  1970 or later.........      40       41       41       41       42       44
  1960 to 1969..........      17       16       16       16       14       14
  1950 to 1959..........      10       10       10       11       12       11
  1940 to 1949..........       9        9        9        9       10        9
  1939 or earlier.......      25       24       24       23       22       23

Monthly rent, total.....     100      100      100      100      100      100
  Less than $100........       1        1        1        2        2        2
  $100 to $199..........       7        5        5        5        4        4
  $200 to $249..........       8        7        7        7        6        4
  $250 to $299..........       9       10       10        8        8        7
  $300 to $399..........      22       21       21       22       23       24
  $400 to $499..........      19       20       19       20       19       20
  $500 to $599..........      12       13       13       14       14       14
  $600 to $699..........       8        8        8        8        9        8
  $700 to $799..........       5        5        5        5        5        5
  $800 or more..........       9       10       10       10       11       12
Median rent
(Actual dollars)........     411      431      430      429      438      444
(1996 constant dollars).     460      468      467      454      451      444

  rRevised.  NA  Not Available.
  1Excludes one-family homes on 10 acres or more.