Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Haven city GEOCODE:09-2535 CT ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 53,184 100.0% 54,021 100.0% 837 1.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 44,726 84.1% 44,153 81.7% -573 -1.3 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,157 2.2% 1,326 2.5% 169 14.6 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 48,005 90.3% 45,569 84.4% -2,436 -5.1 -5.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,687 8.8% 6,624 12.3% 1,937 41.3 3.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 257 0.5% 1,213 2.2% 956 372.0 1.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 77 0.1% 102 0.2% 25 32.5 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 647 1.2% 1,726 3.2% 1,079 166.8 2.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,141 5.9% 3,785 7.0% 644 20.5 1.1 5-17.................. 9,050 17.0% 7,671 14.2% -1,379 -15.2 -2.8 18-24.................. 7,162 13.5% 5,910 10.9% -1,252 -17.5 -2.5 25-44.................. 14,881 28.0% 18,926 35.0% 4,045 27.2 7.1 45-64.................. 12,092 22.7% 9,761 18.1% -2,331 -19.3 -4.7 65 AND OVER............ 6,858 12.9% 7,968 14.7% 1,110 16.2 1.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 12,191 22.9% 11,456 21.2% -735 -6.0 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 21,688 40.8% 21,208 39.3% -480 -2.2 -1.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.5 33.7 1.2 3.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,220 $35,723 6,503 22.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,889 $41,907 7,018 20.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,298 $15,810 3,512 28.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,870 9.4% 3,190 6.1% -1,680 -34.5 -3.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 20,231 100.0% 21,209 100.0% 978 4.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 14,207 70.2% 14,136 66.7% -71 -0.5 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,025 39.7% 8,928 42.1% 903 11.3 2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,519 56.9% 10,759 50.7% -760 -6.6 -6.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,978 24.6% 4,840 22.8% -138 -2.8 -1.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,191 10.8% 2,656 12.5% 465 21.2 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,137 5.6% 1,229 5.8% 92 8.1 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,020 24.8% 5,768 27.2% 748 14.9 2.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 33,831 100.0% 36,655 100.0% 2,824 8.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 13,358 39.5% 13,003 35.5% -355 -2.7 -4.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,028 11.9% 6,299 17.2% 2,271 56.4 5.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 27,720 100.0% 30,176 100.0% 2,456 8.9 FEMALE................ 12,537 45.2% 14,293 47.4% 1,756 14.0 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 26,026 93.9% 28,527 94.5% 2,501 9.6 0.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,912 17.7% 6,781 22.5% 1,869 38.0 4.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,325 12.0% 3,731 12.4% 406 12.2 0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 20,891 100.0% 22,679 100.0% 1,788 8.6 OCCUPIED.............. 20,182 96.6% 21,284 93.8% 1,102 5.5 -2.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,125 55.1% 11,931 56.1% 806 7.2 0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $85,062 $148,992 63,930 75.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,057 44.9% 9,353 43.9% 296 3.3 -0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $452 $621 169 37.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,812 51.8% 11,001 48.5% 189 1.7 -3.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 50 0.2% 108 0.5% 58 116.0 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.6 1958.0 3.4 0.2 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