Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Towson CDP GEOCODE:24-0975 MD ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 51,083 100.0% 49,445 100.0% -1,638 -3.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 39,459 77.2% 33,784 68.3% -5,675 -14.4 -8.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,700 7.2% 5,303 10.7% 1,603 43.3 3.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 49,170 96.3% 46,520 94.1% -2,650 -5.4 -2.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,145 2.2% 1,780 3.6% 635 55.5 1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 659 1.3% 1,101 2.2% 442 67.1 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 39 0.1% 7 0.0% -32 -82.1 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 481 0.9% 551 1.1% 70 14.6 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,754 3.4% 2,355 4.8% 601 34.3 1.3 5-17.................. 7,224 14.1% 5,056 10.2% -2,168 -30.0 -3.9 18-24.................. 7,293 14.3% 7,550 15.3% 257 3.5 1.0 25-44.................. 12,237 24.0% 13,199 26.7% 962 7.9 2.7 45-64.................. 12,853 25.2% 9,639 19.5% -3,214 -25.0 -5.7 65 AND OVER............ 9,722 19.0% 11,646 23.6% 1,924 19.8 4.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,978 17.6% 7,411 15.0% -1,567 -17.5 -2.6 40 AND OVER............ 25,159 49.3% 24,622 49.8% -537 -2.1 0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 39.3 39.8 0.6 1.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $41,887 $41,635 -252 -0.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $50,215 $56,028 5,813 11.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $19,893 $23,796 3,903 19.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,982 4.1% 2,498 5.6% 516 26.0 1.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 19,981 100.0% 20,435 100.0% 454 2.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 13,204 66.1% 11,988 58.7% -1,216 -9.2 -7.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,271 36.4% 6,823 33.4% -448 -6.2 -3.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,167 55.9% 9,922 48.6% -1,245 -11.1 -7.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,076 20.4% 3,507 17.2% -569 -14.0 -3.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,703 8.5% 1,645 8.0% -58 -3.4 -0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 713 3.6% 562 2.8% -151 -21.2 -0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,868 29.4% 7,017 34.3% 1,149 19.6 5.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -8.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 34,812 100.0% 34,484 100.0% -328 -0.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 10,062 28.9% 6,531 18.9% -3,531 -35.1 -10.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 12,342 35.5% 15,769 45.7% 3,427 27.8 10.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 26,003 100.0% 25,205 100.0% -798 -3.1 FEMALE................ 12,327 47.4% 12,642 50.2% 315 2.6 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 25,063 96.4% 24,568 97.5% -495 -2.0 1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 10,552 40.6% 11,612 46.1% 1,060 10.0 5.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,379 9.1% 2,163 8.6% -216 -9.1 -0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 20,405 100.0% 21,481 100.0% 1,076 5.3 OCCUPIED.............. 20,003 98.0% 20,360 94.8% 357 1.8 -3.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,940 59.7% 12,107 59.5% 167 1.4 -0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $125,089 $165,800 40,711 32.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,063 40.3% 8,253 40.5% 190 2.4 0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $506 $595 89 17.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,505 61.3% 12,767 59.4% 262 2.1 -1.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.4 1957.0 1.6 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