Table 1

Summary Statistics for Residential Property Sales in Orange County, Florida: Lakefront and Nonlakefront Homes (1996-2004)

Lakefront (N= 1,496)Nonlakefront (N = 53,216)
VariableUnitsMeanStd. Dev.MeanStd. Dev.
Property Characteristics
Sales price2002 dollars452,646370,668199,982201,111
Heated areasquare feet2,7701,2961,962950
Area of parcelsquare feet30,00230,48811,58111,737
Number of bedrooms3.61.03.30.8
Number of bathrooms2.81.12.20.9
Home ageyears24.113.518.615.1
% with pool20.120.7
Spatial Characteristics
Distance to nearest lakemeters42.423.7467.1267.7
Area of nearest lakeacres519.3635.2278.1445.2
Distance to central business districtmeters8,8245,1249,2665,150
Latitude coordinatedegrees654,7577,415653,2247,941
Longitude coordinatedegrees505,6165,124505,6656,272
Census Block Characteristics
% of population white88.677.9
% of population black4.912.5
% of population > 6515.211.1
Median household income2002 dollars67,35530,34358,87624,863
Distribution of Sales by Year
% of sales in 199610.49.2
% of sales in 199711.110.9
% of sales in 199812.912.1
% of sales in 199914.013.4
% of sales in 200011.011.4
% of sales in 20018.99.9
% of sales in 200211.39.9
% of sales in 200311.011.0
% of sales in 20049.412.2