Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Gardner city GEOCODE:25-1370 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,900 100.0% 20,125 100.0% 2,225 12.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,925 83.4% 15,743 78.2% 818 5.5 -5.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 390 2.2% 1,074 5.3% 684 175.4 3.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 115 0.6% 115 0.6 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 17,645 98.6% 19,290 95.9% 1,645 9.3 -2.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 101 0.6% 316 1.6% 215 212.9 1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 29 0.2% 248 1.2% 219 755.2 1.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 74 0.4% 19 0.1% -55 -74.3 -0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 149 0.8% 439 2.2% 290 194.6 1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,126 6.3% 1,518 7.5% 392 34.8 1.3 5-17.................. 3,268 18.3% 3,025 15.0% -243 -7.4 -3.2 18-24.................. 2,299 12.8% 1,942 9.6% -357 -15.5 -3.2 25-44.................. 4,188 23.4% 6,843 34.0% 2,655 63.4 10.6 45-64.................. 4,017 22.4% 3,406 16.9% -611 -15.2 -5.5 65 AND OVER............ 3,002 16.8% 3,391 16.8% 389 13.0 0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,394 24.5% 4,543 22.6% 149 3.4 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 7,801 43.6% 8,227 40.9% 427 5.5 -2.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.6 34.0 0.4 1.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,266 $28,035 2,769 11.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,449 $35,430 3,981 12.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,338 $13,207 1,869 16.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,636 9.3% 2,092 11.0% 456 27.9 1.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,959 100.0% 7,911 100.0% 952 13.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,708 67.7% 5,105 64.5% 397 8.4 -3.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,660 38.2% 3,068 38.8% 408 15.3 0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,964 57.0% 4,061 51.3% 97 2.4 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,820 26.2% 1,787 22.6% -33 -1.8 -3.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 629 9.0% 826 10.4% 197 31.3 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 320 4.6% 531 6.7% 211 65.9 2.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,963 28.2% 2,372 30.0% 409 20.8 1.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,207 100.0% 13,640 100.0% 2,433 21.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,605 32.2% 4,070 29.8% 465 12.9 -2.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,002 8.9% 1,948 14.3% 946 94.4 5.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,844 100.0% 9,677 100.0% 833 9.4 FEMALE................ 3,918 44.3% 4,370 45.2% 452 11.5 0.9 EMPLOYED.............. 8,475 95.8% 8,764 90.6% 289 3.4 -5.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,346 15.2% 2,218 22.9% 872 64.8 7.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,207 13.6% 1,298 13.4% 91 7.5 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,460 100.0% 8,654 100.0% 1,194 16.0 OCCUPIED.............. 7,038 94.3% 7,979 92.2% 941 13.4 -2.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,708 52.7% 4,133 51.8% 425 11.5 -0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,644 $119,393 61,749 107.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,330 47.3% 3,846 48.2% 516 15.5 0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $325 $440 115 35.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,051 40.9% 3,611 41.7% 560 18.4 0.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 75 1.0% 149 1.7% 74 98.7 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1935.6 1941.0 5.4 0.3 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