The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-09-01
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
CENSUS STATISTICS.
Some Interesting Facts In Regard TO Mis-
souri, Homes--Those Morigaged aud
Those Free from Debt.

Some Interesting Facts In Regard TO Mis-
souri, Homcs-Those MorigaGed aud
Those Free from Debt
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-An extra GER.
sus bulletin Just issued shows the own
crship and debt of farm and home prop
erty in Missouri. The report tabulates
the statistics for the eight leading cities
of the state, giving the number of fam
lies, the number owning their own
homes, the number of homes incum-
bered and the amount ofincumbranccs.
In regard to farms the conclusion is
that 3l.O5 per cent. of the farm families
hire and 6s95 per cent. own the farms
cultivated by them; that 30. AZ per cent.
of the farm-owning families own sub
ject to incumbrance and 63. 81 per cent.
own free of incumbrance. Among 100
farm families 81 hire their farms, 25 own
with membranes and "a without in
cuEbrances.
On the owned farms there are liens
amounting to S53. 753. oil. which is sees
per cent. of their value. and this debt
bears interest at the average rate of
793 per cent. making the average an
nual interest charge sos to each fam
lily. Each owned and incumbered
farm on an average is worth s., ,G43, and
is subject to a debt of Ss53. The cor
responding facts for homes are that
63.7i per cent. of the home families
hire and 1926 per cent. own their
homes: that of the home-owning fam
lilies TAOS per cent. own free of incum-
brance and 27.92 per cent. with incum-
brance. In 100 home families, on the
al l.. l...x-
ten own with incumbrance and twenty
six without incumbrancc. The debt
on owned homes aggregates se9,232,-
CSC, or 39.ss per cent. of their value.
and bears interest at the average rate
of z. 30 per cent. so that the annual in
terest to each home averages $50. An
average debt of Si.O4l incumbers each
home, which has the average value of
S2.6l6.
There are six cities in the class of
those having population of 5000 to
100000 and in these cities 59.7s per
cent. of the home families hire and
4O.2s per cent. own their homes; and of
the home owning families 3l.e7 per
cent. own with membranes and 6s IS
per cent own free of incumbrapce. In
lOO on tut dNtTu2t uft
found sixty that hire their homes.
twelve that own with incumbrance and
twenty-eight that own without incum-
brance. The liens on the owned homes
are 3s.4s per cent. of the value of those
subject to liens. Several averages
show that the rate of interest Is So
per cent: value of each owned and in
numbered home. $3.50; lien on the
same, 1928, and yearly interest charged
on each home, s1i.
Kansas City and st. Louis are the
only cities in the state having n popu-
lation of more than 100000 In Kansas
! City 6.s7 per cent. of the home families
hire and 23.l3 per cent. own their
own homes; 6.2a per cent. of the home
,wning families have incumbrance ON
their homes and 5e7s per cent. own
and occupy homes free of incumbrance.
Among 100 families on the average
- hire, IL own with incumbrance
and IL without incumbrance. Az
erages for each owned and in
numbered home: Membranes, s., ,2s9;
value, s5,s26; interest charge for one
year, Si6s; rate of interest. 1.33 per
cent. Homes are incumbered for 39.2s
per cent. of their value.
In st. Louis s9.53 per cent. of the
home families hire and a0.47 per cent.
own their homes: 1854 per cent. Of the
home owning families have incum-
brance on their homes and "a. 46 per
cent. own and occupy homes free of
incumbrance.
Among 100 home families on the av-
erage 50 hire, 5 own with incumbrance
and Is without incumbrance. Aver
ages for each owned and incumbered
home: Incumbrance. Sl.9s5; value,
si.3a3; interest charge for one year,
Sl2s; rate of interest, OILS per cent.
Homes are incumbered for As SO per
cent. of their value. Real estate pur-
chase and improvements, when not as
sociated with other objects, caused
-. 50 per cent. of the farm debtor fami.
lies to incur sa.14 per cent. of the farm
debt and s0.74 per cent of the home
debtor families to incur 20. 50 per cent.
of the home debt
A table published with this report
shows there are in the state 5e3, EOS
families. OF these ga. 357 own their
homes, on which there are oi. l05 mort
cages. There are in Kansas City 20, SO
families, 6,l3i of whom own their
homes and 90. 3s5 families hiring homes.
In St Louis there are 9l,3Gi families
and s..0i own their homes. In Hanni-
bal there are a,sis families and l, l54
own their homes. In Joplin, l,9s4, of
whom 93s own homes. In Mobcrly,
Lee families, of whom s4s own homes.
In st. Joseph, o,s56 families, of whom
3,seo own homes In Sedalia, 2,s7e
families. of whom l,a9i own homes,
and in Springfield, 4,li0 families, of
whom 1898 own homes