What are the demographics of the average Florida manufactured home and
the Florida manufactured home owner?  Who is buying the M/H? Age
group? Income? Financing or paying cash?  How may M/Hs have been built
in the past 3-5 years and % of increased ownership throughout the 3-5
years.  Are the buyers buying as a primary residence or 2nd home?  If
so are 1st and 2nd home both M/H?

Hi Rich,

I think the first step to answer your question (unless a researcher
comes up and answers it) would be to call the Federation of
Manufactured Home Owners of Florida (http://www.fmo.org) at (727)
530-7539.

They might be able to point you to where you can find the information
you're looking for.

Good luck!
Metis

Metis,

When you say (unless a researcher comes up and answer it) does this
mean what you have given me...a phone number and web address, is my
answer?  Or can I expect something different?

Rich

Hi Rich,

Unless your question has an answer above these comments under the
"Answer" heading, then it has not technically been answered, meaning
you will not have to pay. Your question is a tricky one because it is
somewhat specific and has many parts to it. As metis pointed out,
calling that number might net you an answer. If you are interested in
a non-Florida specific assesment of many of your questions, you can
read the study

Manufacured Housing in Non-metropolitan Areas: A Data Review
     http://www.ruralhome.org/pubs/hsganalysis/manufactured/toc.htm

which has a huge amount of information on the owners of manufactured
housing, though not specific to Florida. I'll keep looking to see if I
can find somehting more specific, thanks for writing.

jessamyn-ga

Hi Rich,

Once again I found a lot of statistics and demographics, but not state
based. Here they are for your use.

Foremost Insurance The Market Facts - 1999 Report 
http://www.foremost.com/market_facts/index.htm

US Census Manufactured Housing Construction Statistics
     http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/const/www/mhsindex.html

Manufactured Housing, Media & Statistics
     http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/media_center.html
Manufactured Housing, Quick Facts
     http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/quick_facts/2000/index.html

The Florida chaper of this site http://www.fmha.org/ did not have very
much useful information, however you can reach them here:

Florida Manufactured Housing Association   
Mr. Frank Williams   
Executive Director   
115 North Calhoun, Suite 5   
Tallahassee, FL 32301   
Phone: (904) 222-4011   
FAX: (904) 222-7957 

thanks, sorry it wasn't more targeted to your specific needs.

jessamyn-ga