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Overall Rankings |
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Metro Area (out of 45): |
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Basic Housing: 26th |
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Healthy Housing: 21st |
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Central City (out of 44): |
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Basic Housing: 34th |
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Healthy Housing: 24th |
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Click here for the Hartford Data Table |
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Data source: 2004 American Housing Survey |
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Positive Findings: Compared to the national average, the Hartford area has fewer homes with signs of rats, water supply stoppages, sewage disposal breakdowns, and room heaters without flues. Areas outside the cental city are less likely to have units with signs of rats, sewage disposal breakdown, and room heaters without a flue compared to the national average. Owner occupied homes have fewer signs of rats, sewage disposal breakdown, room heater without a flue, and exposed wire in the unit compared to national average.
Areas for Improvement: Compared to the national average, Hartford area homes have more problems with signs of mice, water leaks from out and inside, heating equipment breakdown, lack of kitchen facilities, and foundation and window problems. Central city homes are more likely to have cracks in the walls, holes in floors, water leaks from in and outside, heating equipment breakdown, rooms without working electrical outlets, window problems, and flush toilet breakdowns. Areas outside the central city are more likely to have broken plaster/peeling paint, signs of mice, water leaks from in and outside,heating equipment breakdown, lacking kitchen facilities, and siding, window, and foundation problems. Rental homes are more likely to have heating equipment breakdowns, rooms without electrical outlets, lack of adequate kitchen facilities, and window problems. Owner-occupied homes are more likely to have signs of mice,water leaks from in and outside, heating equipment breakdown, lacking kitchen facilities, and foundation problems.
Community Information: The Hartford MSA includes parts of Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New London, Tolland, and Windham Counties, Connecticut. In 2004, the MSA included 463,000 occupied dwelling units, 9.5% of which were located in the central city of Hartford. The housing stock of the MSA ranks among the oldest for the entire MSA and average age for the central city; and has an average percentage of rental units for the entire MSA and ranks among the most in quantity of units that are rental of the cities surveyed for the central city. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked 14th-oldest (20.8%) for the MSA and 16th-oldest (43.4%) for the central city. The median house age in the Hartford MSA was 1963. The percentage of rental units ranked 24th least in quantity of units that are rental (26.1%) for the MSA and 2nd-most in quantity of units that are rental (72.8%) for the central city. Compared to other locations, Hartford had a lower poverty rate for the entire MSA and a higher poverty rate for the central city. Its poverty rate ranked 8th (9.0%) for the entire MSA and 34th (28.8%) for homes in the central city.