$120-$149 - T055_012 - Contract Rent - Original Tables (ORG) - Survey Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

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Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

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Survey: Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau - DUALabs

Data set: Original Tables (ORG)

Table:

T55. Contract Rent [14]

Universe: Count of Renter-Occupied and Vacant-for-Rent Units Reporting Contract Rent

Variable Details

T55.	Contract Rent
	Universe: Count of Renter-Occupied and Vacant-for-Rent Units Reporting Contract Rent
	T055_001Total Units reporting contract rent (occupied and vacant-for-rent units): T055_012 $120-$149 Percent base: Contract Rent: Total Units reporting contract rent (occupied and vacant-for-rent units) (ORG:T055_001) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing: 1960. Census Tracts. Final Report PHC(1)-11. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962.
	Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census Tracts -> Housing Characteristics -> Contract rent

Contract rent

Contract rent is the rent agreed upon regardless of any furnishings, utilities, or services that may be include "Renter-occupied units" for which no cash rent was paid we excluded from the computation of the median. In rural territory rent data exclude rent for farm units.

In the 1950 tract report, contract rent was not published separately for renter-occupied units (except for nonwhite rented occupied units) but was shown in combination with vacant unit available for rent.