Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Essex CDP GEOCODE:24-0335 MD ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 39,614 100.0% 40,872 100.0% 1,258 3.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 34,230 86.4% 34,254 83.8% 24 0.1 -2.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 384 1.0% 303 0.7% -81 -21.1 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 37,825 95.5% 36,786 90.0% -1,039 -2.7 -5.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,256 3.2% 3,438 8.4% 2,182 173.7 5.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 350 0.9% 286 0.7% -64 -18.3 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 161 0.4% 137 0.3% -24 -14.9 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 198 0.5% 435 1.1% 237 119.7 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,578 6.5% 3,246 7.9% 668 25.9 1.4 5-17.................. 7,523 19.0% 6,510 15.9% -1,013 -13.5 -3.1 18-24.................. 6,251 15.8% 4,513 11.0% -1,738 -27.8 -4.7 25-44.................. 11,214 28.3% 13,561 33.2% 2,347 20.9 4.9 45-64.................. 8,614 21.7% 8,000 19.6% -614 -7.1 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 3,434 8.7% 5,042 12.3% 1,608 46.8 3.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 10,101 25.5% 9,756 23.9% -345 -3.4 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 14,229 35.9% 15,689 38.4% 1,460 10.3 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.6 32.6 3.0 10.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,230 $27,486 -2,744 -9.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,980 $33,003 -1,977 -5.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,178 $12,706 528 4.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,808 9.7% 5,296 13.1% 1,488 39.1 3.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,124 100.0% 16,270 100.0% 1,146 7.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,839 71.7% 11,036 67.8% 197 1.8 -3.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,968 39.5% 6,157 37.8% 189 3.2 -1.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,688 57.4% 7,779 47.8% -909 -10.5 -9.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,132 27.3% 3,374 20.7% -758 -18.3 -6.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,692 11.2% 2,632 16.2% 940 55.6 5.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,122 7.4% 1,593 9.8% 471 42.0 2.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,640 24.1% 4,277 26.3% 637 17.5 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 23,262 100.0% 26,603 100.0% 3,341 14.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,692 37.4% 9,875 37.1% 1,183 13.6 -0.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 991 4.3% 1,449 5.4% 458 46.2 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 20,756 100.0% 21,247 100.0% 491 2.4 FEMALE................ 8,570 41.3% 9,537 44.9% 967 11.3 3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 19,216 92.6% 19,722 92.8% 506 2.6 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,031 9.8% 2,862 13.5% 831 40.9 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,638 12.7% 2,764 13.0% 126 4.8 0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 15,573 100.0% 17,675 100.0% 2,102 13.5 OCCUPIED.............. 15,094 96.9% 16,332 92.4% 1,238 8.2 -4.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,338 48.6% 8,078 49.5% 740 10.1 0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $70,608 $86,522 15,915 22.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,756 51.4% 8,254 50.5% 498 6.4 -0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $339 $413 74 21.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,248 65.8% 11,148 63.1% 900 8.8 -2.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 41 0.3% 71 0.4% 30 73.2 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.3 1957.0 2.7 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