Habitat by Numbers

  • 1 - # of HFHCI full-time employees
  • 2 - percent of house price paid as a down payment
  • 7 - # cities HFHCI has completed homes in: Ames, Colo, Gilbert, Kelley, Nevada, Roland, and Story City
  • 10 - percent of undesignated contributions sent to help build Habitat houses in El Salvador
  • 16 - # of members on HFHCI's Board of Directors
  • 18 - # of houses completed by HFHCI
  • 28.8 - # of Habitat houses completed somewhere in the world in 1997
  • 64 - # of Habitat affiliates in countries and every state in the United States.
  • 365 - # of days Habitat's work goes on per year throughout the world
  • 500 - # of hours of labor partner families put into building their own houses, the houses of others, and attending homeowner education courses.
  • 1,050 - # of square feet of living area in a typical 3br Habitat house
  • 1976 - year Habitat for Humanity International was started in Americus, Georgia
  • 1996 - year SCHFH became an affiliate
  • 2004 - year SCHFH expanded to include Hamilton and Hardin counties and became HFHCI
  • $16,675 - minimum annual income a four-person family in Story County needs to have in 2005 to qualify for a HFHI home
  • $80,000 - average cost of a Habitat house in Story County