Excerpt from Statistics of Farms, Homes, and Mortgages: Ownership and Debt-Summary for the United States There are 420 cities and towns that have a population of to and in these cities and towns per cent of the home families hire and per cent own their homes, and of the home owning families per cent own with incumbrance and per cent own free of incumbrance. In 100 home families, on the average, are found 64 that hire their homes, 12 that own with incumbrance, and 24 that own without incumbrance. The liens on the owned homes are per cent of the value of those subject to lien. Several averages show that the rate of interest is per cent; value of each owned and incumbered home, lien on the same, The cities that have a population of and over number 28, and in these cities per cent of the home families hire and per cent own their homes; per cent of the home owning families have incumbrance on their homes, and per cent own and occupy homes free of incumbrance. 'among 100 home families, on the average, 77 hire, 9 own with incumbrance, and 14 without incumbrance. Averages for each Owned and incumbered home: incumbrance, value, rate of interest, per cent. Homes are incumbered for per cent of their value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.