HOUSING UNIT
A housing unit may be a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or
a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate
living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live
separately from any other individuals in the building and that have direct access from
outside the building or through a common hall. For vacant units, the criteria of
separateness and direct access are applied to the intended occupants whenever
possible. If that information cannot be obtained, the criteria are applied to the
previous occupants.
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
STATUS
Occupied housing unit:
A housing unit is occupied if it is the usual place of residence of the person or group of
people living in it at the time of enumeration or if the occupants are only temporarily
absent; that is, away on vacation or business. The occupants may be a single family,
one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of
related or unrelated people who share living quarters.
Vacant housing unit:
A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at the time of enumeration, unless its
occupants are only temporarily absent. Units temporarily occupied at the time of
enumeration entirely by people who have a usual residence elsewhere are classified as
vacant.
TENURE
Tenure was asked for all occupied housing units. All occupied housing units are
classified as either owner-occupied or renter-occupied.
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT
The data on year structure built were obtained from answers to the long-form
questionnaire, which was asked on a sample basis at both occupied and vacant housing
units. Year structure built refers to when the building was first constructed, not
when it was remodeled, added to, or converted. For housing units under construction
that met the housing unit definition — that is, all exterior windows, doors, and
final usable floors were in place — the category ‘‘1999 or 2000
’’was used for tabulations. For mobile homes, houseboats, RVs, etc, the
manufacturer’s model year was assumed to be the year built. The data relate to
the number of units built during the specified periods that were still in existence at the
time of enumeration.
(Source: US Census Bureau 2000)
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ROCKLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
Last Revised -
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