WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

HOME MAKING

Profile America —Saturday, October 1st. The nature of American neighborhoods began to take on a new look on this date in 1947. That's when one of the first planned communities built by a real estate developer opened and began receiving its new residents — Levittown, in New York. Named for William and Alfred Levitt, the town ultimately contained more than 17,000 Cape Cod and ranch houses, snapped up by servicemen returning from World War II and facing an acute housing shortage. The houses in Levittown had 800 square feet of floor space and sold for under $8,000. Now, Levittown has a population of about 52,000, with a median home value of almost $359,000. That's just over twice the national median home value of $176,700. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

Sources:
Levittown created/accessed 7/29/2016: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Levittown.aspx 
Levittown history/accessed 7/29/2016:  http://www.levittownpl.org/research-history 
Levittown data: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3642081.html 
National median home value: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu). 

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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau