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For the metropolitan area, household size was 2.34 in 2000 and is estimated to be 2.33 <br />persons per household now. In 2009, average household size is expected to decrease <br />to around 2.31 persons. An increase in population coupled with smaller household size <br />translates into an accelerated need for a greater number of units to serve the anticipated <br />increase. ESRI projections anticipate 84,601 households will need housing in 2009, an <br />increase over the 2000 Census data of 7.6%. <br /> <br />Household Types <br />2000 Census shows the number of households and population has increased roughly <br />the same percent in the Eugene-Springfield area. Between 1990 and 2000 the number <br />of households has increased by 18.2% while population has increased 17.6%. <br /> <br /> Family Single Female Non- Elderly <br /> Person Headed Family <br /> w/children <br />Eugene- <br />Springfield <br />MSA 11.9% 25.2% 13.1% 25.2% 24.5% <br />Eugene 19.2% 28.6% 23.2% 28.6% 22.9% <br /> <br />Springfield 116.3% 119.8% 118.1% 119.8% 116.9% <br />Source: 2000 Census <br /> <br />Data shows since 1990, single person <br />and non-family households have <br />increased at a higher rate than all <br />other household types. Lane County <br />reported an increase of 25.2%, <br />Eugene 28.6%, and Springfield 19.8%. <br /> <br />Elderly and single-person households showed the next highest percent increase where <br />both household types increased at the same rate. In Lane County, these household <br />types increased by 24.5%. Elderly and single-person households in Eugene increased <br />by 22.9% and in Springfield by 16.9%. Family households showed the lowest percent <br />increase for all areas. <br /> <br />Percent of Renter Occupied Housing Units <br /> <br />Percent of' Renter Occupied Housing Units <br />with Non-Family, Households <br /> <br />4%. 25°/. 26°/.. 50% !~I 51%. 75% m 76% ,, 87% <br /> <br />Families make up the largest percentage of all household types in all three jurisdictions. <br />In Springfield, 65.7% of all households are family households. This percentage is higher <br />than Eugene and Lane County, where families make up 53.9% and 63.0% of all <br />households, respectively. <br /> <br />Since 1990, elderly households as a percent of total households has actually decreased <br />slightly in Eugene and Springfield, and increased in Lane County. Elderly households <br />make up 22.9% of all household types in Lane County (an increase from 21.6%). <br /> <br />27 <br /> <br /> <br />