Return to the PIE Home PageThere were 405,418 total housing units in Franklin County in 1990, an increase of 49.5% from the 271,190 units in 1970. In 1990, 51.3% of all housing units were owner-occupied. This represents a 4.3% percentage point drop from the 55.6% ownership rate in 1970. Renter-occupied units increased from 40.0% to 42.2% of all housing units from 1970 to 1990. The vacancy rate also increased from 4.4% of all units in 1970 to 6.6% in 1990.
The percentage of persons living in owner-occupied housing is also decreasing, from 64.6% of persons in 1980 to 60.0% in 1990. Conversely, the percentage of persons in renter-occupied housing has increased from 35.4% in 1980 to 40.0% in 1990.
Units may be vacant because they are for rent, for sale, rented or sold but not yet occupied, held for occasional or recreational use, for migrant workers, boarded up, or vacant for some other reason. In 1990, 57.5% of all vacant units (or 3.8% of total units) in Franklin County were vacant for rent, and 13% of all vacant units (or 0.9% of total units) were vacant for sale. 1,477 vacant units (5.5% of all vacant units) were boarded up.
1970
Occupancy Status Units Percent
Owner-Occupied 150,694 55.57
Renter-Occupied 108,627 40.06
Vacant 11,869 4.37
Total Units 271,190 100.00
1980
Occupancy Status Units Percent
Owner-Occupied 184,018 53.00
Renter-Occupied 138,799 39.97
Vacant 24,420 7.03
Total Units 347,237 100.00
1990
Occupancy Status Units Percent
Owner-Occupied 207,833 51.26
Renter-Occupied 170,890 42.15
Vacant 26,695 6.59
Total Units 405,418 100.00
Source: Census of Population and Housing, U.S. Bureau of the Census
1980 1990
Tenure Persons Percent Persons Percent
Owner-Occupied 543,096 64.6 561,295 60.0
Renter-Occupied 297,863 35.4 374,825 40.0
Total Persons in
Occupied Units 840,959 100.0 936,120 100.0
Source: Census of Population and Housing, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Filename: CD-024