Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Elkhart city GEOCODE:18-0740 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 41,305 100.0% 43,627 100.0% 2,322 5.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 34,616 83.8% 35,291 80.9% 675 1.9 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 690 1.7% 742 1.7% 52 7.5 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 35,494 85.9% 36,590 83.9% 1,096 3.1 -2.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 5,210 12.6% 6,071 13.9% 861 16.5 1.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 196 0.5% 375 0.9% 179 91.3 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 182 0.4% 173 0.4% -9 -4.9 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 533 1.3% 700 1.6% 167 31.3 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,436 8.3% 4,029 9.2% 593 17.3 0.9 5-17.................. 8,491 20.6% 7,788 17.9% -703 -8.3 -2.7 18-24.................. 5,204 12.6% 4,583 10.5% -621 -11.9 -2.1 25-44.................. 11,327 27.4% 14,192 32.5% 2,865 25.3 5.1 45-64.................. 7,763 18.8% 7,282 16.7% -481 -6.2 -2.1 65 AND OVER............ 5,084 12.3% 5,753 13.2% 669 13.2 0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,927 28.9% 11,817 27.1% -110 -0.9 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 14,907 36.1% 15,722 36.0% 815 5.5 -0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.4 31.6 2.2 7.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,040 $25,291 -749 -2.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,696 $30,251 -445 -1.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,291 $13,331 1,040 8.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,877 12.0% 5,332 12.5% 455 9.3 0.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 16,024 100.0% 17,523 100.0% 1,499 9.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,922 68.2% 11,322 64.6% 400 3.7 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,983 37.3% 6,750 38.5% 767 12.8 1.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,497 53.0% 8,248 47.1% -249 -2.9 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,006 25.0% 3,863 22.0% -143 -3.6 -3.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,050 12.8% 2,491 14.2% 441 21.5 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,466 9.1% 1,762 10.1% 296 20.2 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,412 27.5% 5,113 29.2% 701 15.9 1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -3.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 24,174 100.0% 27,227 100.0% 3,053 12.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,524 39.4% 10,231 37.6% 707 7.4 -1.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,305 13.7% 3,727 13.7% 422 12.8 0.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 20,432 100.0% 23,048 100.0% 2,616 12.8 FEMALE................ 9,286 45.4% 10,692 46.4% 1,406 15.1 0.9 EMPLOYED.............. 18,259 89.4% 21,893 95.0% 3,634 19.9 5.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,722 18.2% 3,911 17.0% 189 5.1 -1.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,054 10.1% 2,436 10.6% 382 18.6 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 17,668 100.0% 19,147 100.0% 1,479 8.4 OCCUPIED.............. 15,964 90.4% 17,519 91.5% 1,555 9.7 1.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,676 60.6% 9,800 55.9% 124 1.3 -4.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,716 $59,718 2 0.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,288 39.4% 7,719 44.1% 1,431 22.8 4.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $346 $388 42 12.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,358 64.3% 11,373 59.4% 15 0.1 -4.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 346 2.0% 756 3.9% 410 118.5 2.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1947.7 1955.0 7.3 0.4 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