Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ferndale CDP GEOCODE:24-0344 MD ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,314 100.0% 16,355 100.0% 2,041 14.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,185 92.1% 14,257 87.2% 1,072 8.1 -4.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,459 94.0% 14,376 87.9% 917 6.8 -6.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 550 3.8% 1,326 8.1% 776 141.1 4.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 263 1.8% 513 3.1% 250 95.1 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 11 0.1% 46 0.3% 35 318.2 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 52 0.4% 235 1.4% 183 351.9 1.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 907 6.3% 1,181 7.2% 274 30.2 0.9 5-17.................. 2,901 20.3% 2,583 15.8% -318 -11.0 -4.5 18-24.................. 1,988 13.9% 1,796 11.0% -192 -9.7 -2.9 25-44.................. 4,136 28.9% 5,631 34.4% 1,495 36.1 5.5 45-64.................. 3,281 22.9% 3,362 20.6% 81 2.5 -2.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,101 7.7% 1,802 11.0% 701 63.7 3.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,808 26.6% 3,764 23.0% -44 -1.2 -3.6 40 AND OVER............ 5,320 37.2% 6,278 38.4% 958 18.0 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.9 32.9 1.9 6.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $35,561 $37,443 1,882 5.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,916 $42,376 4,460 11.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,834 $15,224 2,390 18.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 813 5.7% 657 4.0% -156 -19.2 -1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,998 100.0% 6,165 100.0% 1,167 23.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,000 80.0% 4,535 73.6% 535 13.4 -6.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,286 45.7% 2,967 48.1% 681 29.8 2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,384 67.7% 3,595 58.3% 211 6.2 -9.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,859 37.2% 1,620 26.3% -239 -12.9 -10.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 493 9.9% 703 11.4% 210 42.6 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 246 4.9% 319 5.2% 73 29.7 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 891 17.8% 1,269 20.6% 378 42.4 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -7.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,518 100.0% 10,795 100.0% 2,277 26.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,626 42.6% 4,724 43.8% 1,098 30.3 1.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 660 7.7% 986 9.1% 326 49.4 1.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,387 100.0% 9,220 100.0% 1,833 24.8 FEMALE................ 3,039 41.1% 4,336 47.0% 1,297 42.7 5.9 EMPLOYED.............. 6,978 94.5% 8,923 96.8% 1,945 27.9 2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,015 13.7% 1,870 20.3% 855 84.2 6.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 889 12.0% 984 10.7% 95 10.7 -1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,039 100.0% 6,346 100.0% 1,307 25.9 OCCUPIED.............. 4,959 98.4% 6,177 97.3% 1,218 24.6 -1.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,262 65.8% 3,749 60.7% 487 14.9 -5.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $85,675 $100,892 15,217 17.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,697 34.2% 2,428 39.3% 731 43.1 5.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $371 $529 158 42.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,569 70.8% 4,727 74.5% 1,158 32.4 3.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.9 1967.0 4.1 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