Jacksonville, FL (Florida) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 735,503 (Urban population: 707,499, Rural population: 28,004 (315 farm, 27,689 nonfarm))

Jacksonville, Florida Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 308,736 (284,492 occupied: 179,782 owner occupied, 104,710 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	37%
State:	30%

Housing density: 407 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $144,600 (lower quartile is $93,200, upper quartile is $210,700)

Median contract rent in 2005: $628 (lower quartile is $485, upper quartile is $777)

Housing units in Jacksonville with a mortgage: 119,495 (15,533 second mortgage, 10,184 home equity loan, 340 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38,198

Median year house/condo built: 1981

Median year apartment built: 1977

Household type by relationship

Households: 720,155

In family households: 604,946 (132,069 male householders, 59,854 female householders)
135,908 spouses, 220,519 children (200,548 natural, 5,900 adopted, 14,071 stepchildren), 17,881 grandchildren, 6,545 brothers or sisters, 5,272 parents, 11,288 other relatives, 15,610 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 115,209 (43,965 male householders (33,019 living alone)), 48,773 female householders (41,476 living alone)), 22,471 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 15,348 (6,546 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 75,991 2-persons, 49,450 3-persons, 39,715 4-persons, 17,538 5-persons, 6,319 6-persons, 2,910 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 74,495 1-person, 15,492 2-persons, 2,012 3-persons, 572 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons.

112,766 married couples with children.
59,762 single-parent households (10,001 men, 49,761 women).

90.5% of residents of Jacksonville speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 43,661 (5.9%)
(47.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	3.8

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jacksonville, Florida:

1 room: 216
2 rooms: 1,630
3 rooms: 8,213
4 rooms: 12,182
5 rooms: 34,668
6 rooms: 51,230
7 rooms: 37,107
8 rooms: 20,764
9 or more rooms: 13,772

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jacksonville, Florida:

1 room: 5,275
2 rooms: 12,584
3 rooms: 21,053
4 rooms: 24,533
5 rooms: 22,788
6 rooms: 11,745
7 rooms: 4,258
8 rooms: 1,651
9 or more rooms: 823

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 7,547
1995 to 1998: 25,283
1990 to 1994: 29,902
1980 to 1989: 64,604
1970 to 1979: 52,605
1960 to 1969: 46,552
1950 to 1959: 43,973
1940 to 1949: 21,586
1939 or earlier: 16,684

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Jacksonville:

no bedroom: 795
1 bedroom: 4,659
2 bedrooms: 30,437
3 bedrooms: 106,888
4 bedrooms: 32,788
5 or more bedrooms: 4,215

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jacksonville:

no bedroom: 6,765
1 bedroom: 31,660
2 bedrooms: 39,329
3 bedrooms: 23,235
4 bedrooms: 3,321
5 or more bedrooms: 400

Cars and other vehicles available in Jacksonville in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 8,025
1 vehicle: 55,651
2 vehicles: 83,891
3 vehicles: 25,308
4 vehicles: 5,411
5 or more vehicles: 1,496

Cars and other vehicles available in Jacksonville in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 18,313
1 vehicle: 53,024
2 vehicles: 28,291
3 vehicles: 4,145
4 vehicles: 560
5 or more vehicles: 377

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Jacksonville, FL:

Less than $10,000: 251
$10,000 to $14,999: 448
$15,000 to $19,999: 779
$20,000 to $24,999: 1607
$25,000 to $29,999: 1989
$30,000 to $34,999: 2204
$35,000 to $39,999: 3160
$40,000 to $49,999: 9387
$50,000 to $59,999: 14266
$60,000 to $69,999: 17364
$70,000 to $79,999: 15329
$80,000 to $89,999: 15525
$90,000 to $99,999: 14284
$100,000 to $124,999: 21337
$125,000 to $149,999: 14050
$150,000 to $174,999: 7711
$175,000 to $199,999: 4832
$200,000 to $249,999: 5006
$250,000 to $299,999: 2797
$300,000 to $399,999: 2504
$400,000 to $499,999: 1046
$500,000 to $749,999: 1077
$750,000 to $999,999: 331
$1,000,000 or more: 409

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Jacksonville:

Less than $100: 3400
$100 to $149: 2601
$150 to $199: 2624
$200 to $249: 3605
$250 to $299: 3777
$300 to $349: 5763
$350 to $399: 8089
$400 to $449: 9446
$450 to $499: 10597
$500 to $549: 9868
$550 to $599: 8891
$600 to $649: 8172
$650 to $699: 6641
$700 to $749: 4495
$750 to $799: 3428
$800 to $899: 4169
$900 to $999: 1777
$1,000 to $1,249: 1326
$1,250 to $1,499: 490
$1,500 to $1,999: 576
$2,000 or more: 376
No cash rent: 4366

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 11,577
1990 to 1994: 7,253
1985 to 1989: 5,382
1980 to 1984: 5,509
1975 to 1979: 3,796
1970 to 1974: 2,769
1970 to 1974: 2,647
1965 to 1969: 4,728

Jacksonville, FL Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.6%
Number of people working at home: 6,677 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 6559
5 to 9 minutes: 25148
10 to 14 minutes: 41244
15 to 19 minutes: 61024
20 to 24 minutes: 64655
25 to 29 minutes: 24524
30 to 34 minutes: 64299
35 to 39 minutes: 8409
40 to 44 minutes: 10186
45 to 59 minutes: 22034
60 to 89 minutes: 8691
90 or more minutes: 7008

Jacksonville mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 277,634 (79%)
Carpooled: 46,912 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 6,116 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 116 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 65 (0%)
Railroad: 93 (0%)
Ferryboat: 85 (0%)
Taxi: 725 (0%)
Motorcycle: 829 (0%)
Bicycle: 1,486 (0%)
Walked: 6,271 (2%)
Other means: 3,449 (1%)
Worked at home: 6,677 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 27216
$10,000 to $14,999: 16735
$15,000 to $19,999: 17913
$20,000 to $24,999: 20340
$25,000 to $29,999: 20179
$30,000 to $34,999: 20097
$35,000 to $39,999: 18514
$40,000 to $44,999: 18244
$45,000 to $49,999: 15633
$50,000 to $59,999: 26942
$60,000 to $74,999: 30427
$75,000 to $99,999: 26044
$100,000 to $124,999: 12176
$125,000 to $149,999: 5316
$150,000 to $199,999: 4010
$200,000 or more: 4875

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 244967
United States or American: 68488
German: 47490
English: 46579
Irish: 43111
Italian: 20549
Scotch-Irish: 10515
Scottish: 9733
French (except Basque): 9671
Subsaharan African:: 7715
Polish: 7166
African: 6719
Arab:: 5349
European: 4956
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 4469
Dutch: 4412
Norwegian: 3712
French Canadian: 3343
Swedish: 2914
Russian: 2759
British: 2677
Yugoslavian: 2538
Welsh: 1965
Jamaican: 1872
Greek: 1839
Hungarian: 1716
Arab/Arabic: 1513
Lebanese: 1421
Canadian: 1142
Syrian: 1060
Ukrainian: 1023
Haitian: 879
Albanian: 832
Danish: 827
Portuguese: 816
Palestinian: 767
Lithuanian: 716
Czech: 710
Swiss: 678
West Indian: 673
Austrian: 588
Croatian: 549
Romanian: 547
Czechoslovakian: 525
Belgian: 467
Finnish: 435
Scandinavian: 419
Iranian: 393
Armenian: 330
Eastern European: 323
Turkish: 302
Slovak: 295
Guyanese: 290
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 287
Nigerian: 272
Bahamian: 205
Northern European: 188
Slavic: 180
Afghan: 180
Pennsylvania German: 177
Celtic: 176
Iraqi: 169
Egyptian: 167
Other Subsaharan African: 163
British West Indian: 151
South African: 148
Acadian/Cajun: 147
Other Arab: 145
Serbian: 133
Ghanian: 112
U.S. Virgin Islander: 107
Belizean: 105
Brazilian: 103
Ethiopian: 99
Latvian: 96
Australian: 88
Israeli: 87
Slovene: 73
Cape Verdean: 72
Barbadian: 70
Bermudan: 66
Sudanese: 64
Icelander: 64
Moroccan: 61
Sierra Leonean: 49
Basque: 49
Jordanian: 46
Alsatian: 43
Other West Indian: 42
Cypriot: 35
New Zealander: 31
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 21
Estonian: 21
Bulgarian: 17
Dutch West Indian: 12
Luxemburger: 11
Liberian: 10
Maltese: 8
Kenyan: 7
Macedonian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Philippines (16%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (5%)
Cuba (4%)
Vietnam (4%)
India (4%)
Canada (4%)
Germany (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 361776
Northeast: 74384
Midwest: 63444
South: 156028
West: 22617

50% of Jacksonville residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Florida.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,681
Nursery to 4th grade: 911
5th and 6th grade: 1,793
7th and 8th grade: 5,113
9th grade: 4,561
10th grade: 7,660
11th grade: 6,722
12th grade, no diploma: 10,137
High school graduate (or equivalency): 62,993
Less than 1 year of college: 18,321
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 35,003
Associate degree: 15,632
Bachelor's degree: 34,112
Master's degree: 9,664
Professional school degree: 4,838
Doctorate degree: 1,701

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,767
Nursery to 4th grade: 991
5th and 6th grade: 2,243
7th and 8th grade: 6,304
9th grade: 5,780
10th grade: 8,320
11th grade: 8,064
12th grade, no diploma: 11,017
High school graduate (or equivalency): 75,425
Less than 1 year of college: 22,480
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 37,189
Associate degree: 19,266
Bachelor's degree: 34,204
Master's degree: 10,528
Professional school degree: 3,008
Doctorate degree: 936

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 8.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.8%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 8.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 4.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.5%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $44,388
Black householders: $30,001
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $35,000
Asian householders: $51,679
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $38,750
Some other race householders: $38,155
Two or more races householders: $35,797
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $37,497

Jacksonville household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Jacksonville household income for Black or African American householders

Jacksonville household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Jacksonville household income for Asian householders

Jacksonville household income for some other race householders

Jacksonville household income for two or more races householders

Jacksonville household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Jacksonville marital status for males

Jacksonville marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $94,400
Black or African American householders: $64,700
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $90,800
Asian householders: $105,100
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $68,300
Some other race householders: $91,900
Two or more races householders: $82,700
Hispanic or Latino householders: $93,800

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 189,558
One, attached: 12,695
Two: 7,476
3 or 4: 16,156
5 to 9: 18,670
10 to 19: 15,741
20 to 49: 7,230
50 or more: 19,003
Mobile homes: 21,967
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 240

Median worth of mobile homes: $35,600

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Jacksonville:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Electricity (84%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
Utility gas (4%)
No fuel used (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (85%)
Utility gas (5%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12,957

Here:	14.2%
Florida:	11.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5,563

Here:	13.4%
Florida:	9.7%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 6,605

Here:	18.5%
Florida:	21.0%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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