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Meta Data Name: Housing Variables
Last Modified: March 20, 2021
Author: Susan Paykin, Moksha Menghaney

Data Location:

BE01 at 4 spatial scales. Files can be found here.

  • BE01_T
  • BE01_Z
  • BE01_C
  • BE01_S

Data Source(s) Description:

Variables were obtained from the 2014 - 2018 American Community Survey (ACS), tables B25002, B25024, B25003, and B25026, each at the State, County, Tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) levels. Raw data and more details can be found at https://data.census.gov.

Description of Data Source Tables:

B25002 : Occupancy status
B25024 : Units in structure
B25003 : Tenure
B25026 : Total population in occupied housing units by tenure by year householder moved into unit

Description of Data Processing:

The following variables were included from B25002:

  1. Estimate; Total Units
  2. Estimate; Occupied Units
  3. Estimate; Vacant Units

The following variables were included from B25024:

  1. Estimate; Mobile homes

The following variables were included from B25003:

  1. Estimate; Total Occupied Units
  2. Estimate; Owner Occupied Units
  3. Estimate; Renter Occupied Units

The following variables were included from B25026:

  1. Estimate; Total Population in owner occupied units
  2. Estimate; Total Population in owner occupied units moved in before 1989
  3. Estimate; Total Population in owner occupied units moved in between 1990 and 1999
  4. Estimate; Total Population in renter occupied units
  5. Estimate; Total Population in renter occupied units moved in before 1989
  6. Estimate; Total Population in renter occupied units moved in between 1990 and 1999

  • Occupancy rate was calculated as : Occupied units / Total units

  • Vacancy rate was calculated as : Vacant units / Total units

  • Rental rate was calculated as : Renter occupied units / Total occupied units

  • Percentange of mobile housing structures was calculated as : Mobile units / Total units

  • Long-term occupancy rate was calculated as : (Owner & renter populations moved in before 1989 + Owner & renter population moved in between 1990 & 1999) / (Total population in owner & renter occupied units)

  • Housing Unit Density was calculated as : Total Housing Units / Land area in square miles
    Note: Total land area for each spatial scale was sourced from geometry files and converted to square miles.

Key Variable and Definitions:

Variable Variable ID in .csv Description
Total Occupied Units totUnits Count of total occupied housing units
Housing Occupancy Rate occP Percentage of occupied housing units
Housing Vacancy Rate vacantP Percentage of vacant housing units
Long-Term Occupancy lngTermP Percentage of population who moved into their current housing more than 20 years ago
Rental Rate rentalP Percentage of occupied housing units that are rented
Mobile Homes Rate mobileP Percentage of total housing units categorized as mobile housing structures
Housing Unit Density unitDens Number of housing units per square mile of land area

Data Limitations:

None at this time.

Comments/Notes:

Note: Data is as of the 2018 5-year average (ACS).