WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
HOME MAKING
Profile America —Saturday, October 3rd. The nature of American neighborhoods began to take on a new look this week in 1947. That's when one of the first planned communities built by a real estate developer opened and began receiving its new residents — Levittown, in New York. Named for William and Alfred Levitt, the town ultimately contained more than 17,000 Cape Cod and ranch houses, snapped up by servicemen returning from World War II and facing an acute housing shortage. The houses in Levittown had 800 square feet of floor space and sold for under $8,000. Now, Levittown has a population of about 52,000, with a median home value of almost $365,000. That's nearly twice the national median home value of $176,700. You can find more statistics on communities across the country by downloading the Census Bureau's "dwellr" mobile application at www.census.gov/mobile.
Sources:
Levittown created: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Levittown.aspx
Levittown history: http://www.levittownpl.org/research-history
Levittown data: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3642081.html
National median home value: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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