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The number of female-headed households with dependent children as a percent of all household types has decreased since 1990. At 10.0%, Springfield has the highest percent of female-headed households with dependent children while this household type makes up 6.5% of all households in Eugene and Lane County. Projections show that a larger share of future population will be composed of smaller, older, and less affluent households. This will alter the housing market demand in many ways over the next 20 years. Married couples with children will not dominate the market as in the past. Singles, childless couples, divorcees, and single parents will be a much larger proportion of the market than in the past. To meet the needs of these households, more (affordable) choices in housing types will be needed than currently exist. Housing Occupancy Characteristics In the Eugene-Springfield area there are 78,624 occupied housing units. From 1990 to 2000, Eugene and Springfield experienced a 23.39% increase in occupied housing units. From 1970 to 2000, there were 127.0% more occupied housing units in Eugene and Springfield. According to SOCDS, these units are distributed between Eugene and Springfield with an almost three-to-one (3:1) ratio of 58,110 occupied units in Eugene, and 20,514 units in Springfield. Out of the total occupied housing units, in Eugene, 30,105 of these are owner-occupied and 28,005 are renter-occupied. The amount of owner-occupied units in Eugene has increased over the number of renter-occupied units during the decade between 1990 and 2000 by 1,408 units, an increase of 203.47% more owner-occupied housing units compared to rental housing. Within Eugene, the average household size of owner-occupied units is 2.47 persons while the average size of renter households is 2.05 persons. These numbers, with the Census 2000 counts for owner and renter housing units in Eugene, illustrate the presence of more owner-occupied housing units than renter with a greater average household size versus renter-occupied residences. Owner Occupied Housing Ur~its ~ HetroUGB [] 179%-2:5% ~ 5Q01%-75% [] 25,01% - 50% [] 75,01% - 90,48% In Springfield, there has been a 17.58% increase from 1990 to 2000 in occupied housing, with 10,987 of these units being owner-occupied and 9,527 of these units rental housing. In that decade, the city experienced an increase of owner-occupied housing similar to Eugene, with 27.77% more units. Contrasting with Eugene, Springfield only experienced a 7.67% increase in renter- occupied housing from 1990 to 2000, but overall had a 129.64% increase in total occupied housing units from 1970 to 2000. This increase from 1970 to 2000 was distributed heavily on the renter side from 1970 to 2000, with a 170.58% increase in rental housing, while the owner-occupied units had a 103.01% increase. 28