Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Commerce City city GEOCODE:08-0245 CO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,234 100.0% 16,466 100.0% 232 1.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,551 89.6% 14,623 88.8% 72 0.5 -0.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 240 1.5% 204 1.2% -36 -15.0 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 263 1.6% 263 1.6 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,714 84.5% 14,001 85.0% 287 2.1 0.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 475 2.9% 459 2.8% -16 -3.4 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 168 1.0% 169 1.0% 1 0.6 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 108 0.7% 227 1.4% 119 110.2 0.7 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,421 27.2% 5,865 35.6% 1,444 32.7 8.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,564 9.6% 1,504 9.1% -60 -3.8 -0.5 5-17.................. 3,714 22.9% 3,612 21.9% -102 -2.7 -0.9 18-24.................. 2,345 14.4% 1,487 9.0% -858 -36.6 -5.4 25-44.................. 4,291 26.4% 5,155 31.3% 864 20.1 4.9 45-64.................. 3,137 19.3% 3,074 18.7% -63 -2.0 -0.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,183 7.3% 1,634 9.9% 451 38.1 2.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,278 32.5% 5,116 31.1% -162 -3.1 -1.4 40 AND OVER............ 5,094 31.4% 5,691 34.6% 597 11.7 3.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.6 30.8 4.3 16.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,525 $20,427 -6,098 -23.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,217 $24,268 -4,949 -16.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,886 $8,651 -1,235 -12.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,093 13.1% 3,766 23.2% 1,673 79.9 10.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,323 100.0% 5,765 100.0% 442 8.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,155 78.1% 4,371 75.8% 216 5.2 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,338 43.9% 2,241 38.9% -97 -4.1 -5.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,504 65.8% 2,952 51.2% -552 -15.8 -14.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,990 37.4% 1,334 23.1% -656 -33.0 -14.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 494 9.3% 1,037 18.0% 543 109.9 8.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 360 6.8% 748 13.0% 388 107.8 6.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 992 18.6% 1,195 20.7% 203 20.5 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.8 -0.2 -6.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,611 100.0% 9,863 100.0% 1,252 14.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,286 38.2% 3,851 39.0% 565 17.2 0.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 315 3.7% 332 3.4% 17 5.4 -0.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,414 100.0% 7,605 100.0% 191 2.6 FEMALE................ 3,057 41.2% 3,267 43.0% 210 6.9 1.7 EMPLOYED.............. 6,991 94.3% 6,799 89.4% -192 -2.7 -4.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 666 9.0% 733 9.6% 67 10.1 0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,106 14.9% 1,238 16.3% 132 11.9 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,671 100.0% 6,414 100.0% 743 13.1 OCCUPIED.............. 5,385 95.0% 5,742 89.5% 357 6.6 -5.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,387 62.9% 3,382 58.9% -5 -0.1 -4.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $74,736 $59,169 -15,567 -20.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,998 37.1% 2,360 41.1% 362 18.1 4.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $411 $408 -3 -0.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,087 72.1% 4,673 72.9% 586 14.3 0.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 404 7.1% 423 6.6% 19 4.7 -0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.5 1959.0 1.5 0.1 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis