Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Medford city GEOCODE:25-2400 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 58,076 100.0% 57,407 100.0% -669 -1.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 50,457 86.9% 45,817 79.8% -4,640 -9.2 -7.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,448 2.5% 1,970 3.4% 522 36.0 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 55,838 96.1% 53,540 93.3% -2,298 -4.1 -2.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,543 2.7% 2,341 4.1% 798 51.7 1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 482 0.8% 1,222 2.1% 740 153.5 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 66 0.1% 95 0.2% 29 43.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 400 0.7% 960 1.7% 560 140.0 1.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,746 4.7% 3,171 5.5% 425 15.5 0.8 5-17.................. 10,473 18.0% 6,844 11.9% -3,629 -34.7 -6.1 18-24.................. 8,908 15.3% 7,797 13.6% -1,111 -12.5 -1.8 25-44.................. 14,179 24.4% 19,068 33.2% 4,889 34.5 8.8 45-64.................. 13,182 22.7% 10,878 18.9% -2,304 -17.5 -3.7 65 AND OVER............ 8,588 14.8% 9,649 16.8% 1,061 12.4 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,219 22.8% 10,015 17.4% -3,204 -24.2 -5.3 40 AND OVER............ 24,512 42.2% 24,170 42.1% -342 -1.4 -0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.7 34.6 2.0 6.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,198 $38,859 7,661 24.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,621 $45,532 8,911 24.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,178 $16,941 4,763 39.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,282 7.6% 3,834 6.9% -448 -10.5 -0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 20,149 100.0% 21,869 100.0% 1,720 8.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 14,968 74.3% 14,601 66.8% -367 -2.5 -7.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,539 42.4% 9,142 41.8% 603 7.1 -0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,864 58.9% 11,171 51.1% -693 -5.8 -7.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,342 26.5% 4,463 20.4% -879 -16.5 -6.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,486 12.3% 2,706 12.4% 220 8.8 0.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 937 4.7% 839 3.8% -98 -10.5 -0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,454 22.1% 5,656 25.9% 1,202 27.0 3.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.3 -9.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 35,949 100.0% 39,595 100.0% 3,646 10.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 15,496 43.1% 13,995 35.3% -1,501 -9.7 -7.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,738 13.2% 9,370 23.7% 4,632 97.8 10.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 28,900 100.0% 32,328 100.0% 3,428 11.9 FEMALE................ 13,242 45.8% 15,987 49.5% 2,745 20.7 3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 27,577 95.4% 30,450 94.2% 2,873 10.4 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,804 20.1% 9,295 28.8% 3,491 60.1 8.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,589 12.4% 3,869 12.0% 280 7.8 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 20,640 100.0% 22,650 100.0% 2,010 9.7 OCCUPIED.............. 20,206 97.9% 21,829 96.4% 1,623 8.0 -1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,761 58.2% 12,465 57.1% 704 6.0 -1.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $84,521 $189,244 104,722 123.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,445 41.8% 9,364 42.9% 919 10.9 1.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $462 $665 203 44.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,734 47.2% 8,280 36.6% -1,454 -14.9 -10.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1932.7 1939.0 6.3 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