Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Lafayette city GEOCODE:18-2695 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,247 100.0% 25,907 100.0% 4,660 21.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,961 46.9% 10,507 40.6% 546 5.5 -6.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,413 20.8% 4,311 16.6% -102 -2.3 -4.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,812 93.2% 22,974 88.7% 3,162 16.0 -4.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 390 1.8% 529 2.0% 139 35.6 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 910 4.3% 2,159 8.3% 1,249 137.3 4.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 30 0.1% 47 0.2% 17 56.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 281 1.3% 491 1.9% 210 74.7 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 717 3.4% 900 3.5% 183 25.5 0.1 5-17.................. 2,165 10.2% 1,908 7.4% -257 -11.9 -2.8 18-24.................. 9,946 46.8% 12,888 49.7% 2,942 29.6 2.9 25-44.................. 4,623 21.8% 5,683 21.9% 1,060 22.9 0.2 45-64.................. 2,342 11.0% 2,363 9.1% 21 0.9 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 1,454 6.8% 2,165 8.4% 711 48.9 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,882 13.6% 2,808 10.8% -74 -2.6 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 4,497 21.2% 5,540 21.4% 1,043 23.2 0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 23.3 23.3 0.1 0.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,667 $21,786 -2,881 -11.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $46,565 $52,443 5,878 12.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,023 $13,169 146 1.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,549 21.0% 7,387 34.2% 3,838 108.1 13.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,270 100.0% 9,152 100.0% 1,882 25.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,265 44.9% 3,549 38.8% 284 8.7 -6.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,027 27.9% 2,219 24.2% 192 9.5 -3.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,911 40.0% 3,088 33.7% 177 6.1 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,323 18.2% 1,334 14.6% 11 0.8 -3.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 263 3.6% 348 3.8% 85 32.3 0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 144 2.0% 179 2.0% 35 24.3 -0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,273 31.3% 2,696 29.5% 423 18.6 -1.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.4 0.0 1.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,419 100.0% 10,211 100.0% 1,792 21.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,260 15.0% 864 8.5% -396 -31.4 -6.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,604 66.6% 6,981 68.4% 1,377 24.6 1.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,350 100.0% 12,629 100.0% 2,279 22.0 FEMALE................ 4,387 42.4% 5,515 43.7% 1,128 25.7 1.3 EMPLOYED.............. 10,045 97.1% 11,910 94.3% 1,865 18.6 -2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,742 45.8% 5,648 44.7% 906 19.1 -1.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,147 11.1% 1,518 12.0% 371 32.3 0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,524 100.0% 9,465 100.0% 1,941 25.8 OCCUPIED.............. 7,259 96.5% 9,153 96.7% 1,894 26.1 0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,778 38.3% 3,064 33.5% 286 10.3 -4.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $114,488 $106,166 -8,323 -7.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,481 61.7% 6,089 66.5% 1,608 35.9 4.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $427 $482 55 13.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,229 42.9% 3,547 37.5% 318 9.8 -5.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.1% 0 0.0% -5-100.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.1 1970.0 8.9 0.5 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