Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Schererville town GEOCODE:18-2280 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,209 100.0% 19,926 100.0% 6,717 50.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,732 88.8% 17,448 87.6% 5,716 48.7 -1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 64 0.5% 167 0.8% 103 160.9 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,917 97.8% 19,303 96.9% 6,386 49.4 -0.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 23 0.2% 114 0.6% 91 395.7 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 87 0.7% 223 1.1% 136 156.3 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 31 0.2% 36 0.2% 5 16.1 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 337 2.6% 743 3.7% 406 120.5 1.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,206 9.1% 1,500 7.5% 294 24.4 -1.6 5-17.................. 2,696 20.4% 3,880 19.5% 1,184 43.9 -0.9 18-24.................. 2,184 16.5% 1,756 8.8% -428 -19.6 -7.7 25-44.................. 4,620 35.0% 7,563 38.0% 2,943 63.7 3.0 45-64.................. 1,954 14.8% 3,809 19.1% 1,855 94.9 4.3 65 AND OVER............ 549 4.2% 1,418 7.1% 869 158.3 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,902 29.5% 5,380 27.0% 1,478 37.9 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 3,295 24.9% 7,014 35.2% 3,720 112.9 10.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.4 32.6 6.2 23.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $41,872 $42,658 786 1.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $47,086 $48,613 1,527 3.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $16,388 $18,411 2,023 12.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 506 3.9% 677 3.4% 171 33.8 -0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,802 100.0% 7,381 100.0% 2,579 53.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,615 75.3% 5,396 73.1% 1,781 49.3 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,204 45.9% 3,445 46.7% 1,241 56.3 0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,222 67.1% 4,649 63.0% 1,427 44.3 -4.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,753 36.5% 2,427 32.9% 674 38.4 -3.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 304 6.3% 550 7.5% 246 80.9 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 202 4.2% 333 4.5% 131 64.9 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 974 20.3% 1,701 23.0% 727 74.6 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 -0.1 -2.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,123 100.0% 12,790 100.0% 5,667 79.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,258 45.7% 4,448 34.8% 1,190 36.5 -11.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,452 20.4% 3,230 25.3% 1,778 122.5 4.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,194 100.0% 11,053 100.0% 3,859 53.6 FEMALE................ 2,779 38.6% 4,765 43.1% 1,986 71.5 4.5 EMPLOYED.............. 6,826 94.9% 10,688 96.7% 3,862 56.6 1.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,688 23.5% 3,159 28.6% 1,471 87.1 5.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 592 8.2% 1,047 9.5% 455 76.9 1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,062 100.0% 7,703 100.0% 2,641 52.2 OCCUPIED.............. 4,757 94.0% 7,416 96.3% 2,659 55.9 2.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,627 55.2% 4,915 66.3% 2,288 87.1 11.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $121,009 $119,014 -1,995 -1.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,130 44.8% 2,501 33.7% 371 17.4 -11.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $523 $493 -30 -5.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,642 52.2% 4,791 62.2% 2,149 81.3 10.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 10 0.2% 0 0.0% -10-100.0 -0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1975.5 1977.0 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