1970 American Samoa Housing

Table 5. Financial Characteristics: 1970
The Area District	Total	Manu'a	Swains Island	Tutuila,Eastern	Tutuila, Western
Land Tenure

Owner occupied¹	2,665	152	14	1,587	912
Unit and land owned	1,696	138	1	1,139	418
Unit owned, land rented	6			3	3
Unit owned, land rent free	963	14	13	445	491

Value

Unit and land owned¹	1,696	138	1	1,139	418
Less than $500	161		…	102	59
$500 to $999	140	4	…	99	36
$1,000 to $1,999	94	1	…	70	23
$2,000 to $2,999	163	6	…	114	43
$3,000 to $4,999	208	15	…	124	69
$5,000 to $7,499	343	44	…	237	62
$7,500 to $9,999	143	19	…	95	29
$10,000 to $14,999	123	18	…	86	19
$15,000 to $19,999	85	7	…	52	26
$20,000 to $29,999	101	12	…	67	22
$30,000 or more	135	12	…	93	30
Median	$5,600	$7,400	…	$5,600	$4,400

Unit owned, land rented free¹	963	14	13	445	491
Less than $500	140	1	11	64	64
$500 to $999	71	1	2	38	30
$1,000 to $1,999	70			26	44
$2,000 to $2,999	112	5		52	55
$3,000 to $4,999	131	1		55	75
$5,000 to $7,499	206	4		102	100
$7,500 to $9,999	93			45	48
$10,000 to $14,999	59			29	30
$15,000 to $19,999	30	2		13	15
$20,000 to $29,999	28			16	12
$30,000 or more	23			5	18
Median	$4,400	$3,000	$500	$4,500	$4,400

Vacant for sale, price asked¹	43	8	1	14	20
Less than $500	7	2	…	2	2
$500 to $999	4	1	…	1	2
$1,000 to $1,999	5	1	…	2	2
$2,000 to $2,999	4		…	2	2
$3,000 to $4,999	2		…	2
$5,000 to $7,499	9	1	…	3	5
$7,500 to $9,999	5	2	…	1	2
$10,000 to $14,999	3		…	1	2
$15,000 to $19,999			…
$20,000 to $29,999	3		…		3
$30,000 or more	1	1	…
Median	$4,500	$2,000	…	$3,000	$6,000

Source: 1970 American Samoa Census

Table 5. Financial Characteristics: 1970
The Area District	Total	Manu'a	Swains Island	Tutuila,Eastern	Tutuila, Western
Contract Rent

Renter occupied	771	177		327	267
Less than $10
$10 to $19	7			7
$20 to $29	7			5	2
$30 to $39	29	2		22	5
$40 to $49	36	2		24	10
$50 to $59	32	1		27	4
$60 to $69	59	4		22	33
$70 to $79	63	1		11	51
$80 to $89	18			4	14
$90 to $99	5			4	1
$100 to $119	12	1		11
$120 to $149	3			2	1
$150 to $199	3			3
$200 or more	4	2		2
No cash rent	493	164		183	146
Median	$65	$64	…	$55	$71

Rent asked	36	6		25	5
Less than $10	1			1
$10 to $19	1			1
$20 to $29
$30 to $39	4			4
$40 to $49	4	1		3
$50 to $59	9	3		5	1
$60 to $69	5	2		1	2
$70 to $79	3			1	2
$80 to $89	1			1
$90 to $99	1			1
$100 to $119	6			6
$120 to $149
$150 to $199
$200 or more	1			1
Median rent asked	$59	$57	…	$57	$68
Source: 1970 American Samoa Census