Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Melrose city GEOCODE:25-2430 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 30,055 100.0% 28,150 100.0% -1,905 -6.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,461 88.0% 23,924 85.0% -2,537 -9.6 -3.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 344 1.1% 320 1.1% -24 -7.0 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 29,714 98.9% 27,705 98.4% -2,009 -6.8 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 118 0.4% 157 0.6% 39 33.1 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 206 0.7% 211 0.7% 5 2.4 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 44 0.2% 44 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 246 0.8% 169 0.6% -77 -31.3 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,645 5.5% 1,706 6.1% 61 3.7 0.6 5-17.................. 6,205 20.6% 4,140 14.7% -2,065 -33.3 -5.9 18-24.................. 3,320 11.0% 2,551 9.1% -769 -23.2 -2.0 25-44.................. 8,227 27.4% 9,413 33.4% 1,186 14.4 6.1 45-64.................. 6,128 20.4% 5,598 19.9% -530 -8.6 -0.5 65 AND OVER............ 4,530 15.1% 4,742 16.8% 212 4.7 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,850 26.1% 5,846 20.8% -2,004 -25.5 -5.4 40 AND OVER............ 12,329 41.0% 12,715 45.2% 387 3.1 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.8 37.0 4.2 12.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $36,109 $44,109 8,000 22.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $42,621 $53,866 11,245 26.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,166 $20,202 6,036 42.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,346 4.5% 1,175 4.2% -171 -12.7 -0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,624 100.0% 10,949 100.0% 325 3.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,739 72.8% 7,529 68.8% -210 -2.7 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,734 44.6% 5,129 46.8% 395 8.3 2.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,541 61.6% 6,088 55.6% -453 -6.9 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,267 30.8% 2,685 24.5% -582 -17.8 -6.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,019 9.6% 1,191 10.9% 172 16.9 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 418 3.9% 373 3.4% -45 -10.8 -0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,592 24.4% 2,999 27.4% 407 15.7 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.3 -9.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,885 100.0% 19,753 100.0% 868 4.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,133 43.1% 5,926 30.0% -2,207 -27.1 -13.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,072 21.6% 6,201 31.4% 2,129 52.3 9.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 15,098 100.0% 15,604 100.0% 506 3.4 FEMALE................ 6,860 45.4% 7,454 47.8% 594 8.7 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 14,501 96.0% 14,855 95.2% 354 2.4 -0.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,380 29.0% 5,752 36.9% 1,372 31.3 7.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,721 11.4% 1,566 10.0% -155 -9.0 -1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,949 100.0% 11,297 100.0% 348 3.2 OCCUPIED.............. 10,649 97.3% 10,941 96.8% 292 2.7 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,013 65.9% 7,155 65.4% 142 2.0 -0.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $92,208 $206,707 114,499 124.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,636 34.1% 3,786 34.6% 150 4.1 0.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $474 $628 154 32.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,503 59.4% 6,395 56.6% -108 -1.7 -2.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 6 0.1% 6 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1935.6 1939.0 3.4 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