Table 11
Monthly Gross Rent In Renter Occupied Housing
New York City, 1993 and 1996
(Constant April 1996 Dollars)

Monthly Gross rent, April 1996 Dollars(a)	1993 Number (b)	Percent	1996 Number (b)	Percent	Percent Change in Share 1993-1996
Total	1,976,671	100.0	1,946,165	100.0
Less than $400	(353,706)	(21.3)	(274,766)	(17.5)	(-17.8)
< $300	219,802	13.3	178,188	11.4	-14.3
$300-$399	133,904	8.1	96,578	6.2	-23.5
$400-$599	(488,066)	(29.4)	(416,309)	(26.6)	(-9.5)
$400-$499	210,937	12.7	176,975	11.3	-11.0
$500-$599	277,129	16.7	239,334	15.3	-8.4
$600-$999	(634,355)	(38.2)	(683,089)	(43.6)	(+14.1)
$600-$699	233,839	14.1	270,329	17.2	+22.0
$700-$799	187,892	11.3	193,204	12.3	+8.8
$800-$899	126,388	7.6	134,780	8.6	+13.2
$900-$999	86,236	5.2	84,776	5.4	+3.8
$1000 or more	(182,472)	(11.0)	(193,785)	(12.4)	(12.7)
$1,000-$1,249	93,029	5.6	100,448	6.4	+14.3
$1,250-$1,499	40,593	2.4	37,551	2.4	0.0
$1,500 or more	48,850	2.9	55,786	3.6	+24.1
Not Reported/No rent	318,072		378,214

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1993 and 1996 New York City Housing and Vacancy Surveys.

Notes:

(a) Constant 1996 dollars are derived by multiplying 1993 rents by the ratio of the April 1996 CPI over the April 1993 CPI (166.0/154.0). Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for New York-Northeast New Jersey-Long Island (1982-84=100), Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

(b) In both the 1993 and 1996 HVSs, contract rent and/or utility costs were unreported for some units. For the purpose of comparing 1993 and 1996 rents in this and other rent tables, unreported rents and/or utility costs are excluded from the medians and distributions, as has always been done for the HVS. However, it should be noted that the Census Bureau will impute unreported values and provide comparable 1993 and 1996 rent data this summer, using imputed data. The imputed rents may be slightly different from the reported rents presented in this table.