Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Needham CDP GEOCODE:25-2750 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,901 100.0% 27,557 100.0% -344 -1.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 25,513 91.4% 24,085 87.4% -1,428 -5.6 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 251 0.9% 308 1.1% 57 22.7 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 27,389 98.2% 26,581 96.5% -808 -3.0 -1.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 38 0.1% 202 0.7% 164 431.6 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 437 1.6% 712 2.6% 275 62.9 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 8 0.0% 8 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 284 1.0% 309 1.1% 25 8.8 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,427 5.1% 1,827 6.6% 400 28.0 1.5 5-17.................. 5,975 21.4% 4,418 16.0% -1,557 -26.1 -5.4 18-24.................. 2,711 9.7% 2,057 7.5% -654 -24.1 -2.3 25-44.................. 7,212 25.8% 8,298 30.1% 1,086 15.1 4.3 45-64.................. 6,971 25.0% 6,296 22.8% -675 -9.7 -2.1 65 AND OVER............ 3,605 12.9% 4,661 16.9% 1,056 29.3 4.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,402 26.5% 6,245 22.7% -1,157 -15.6 -3.9 40 AND OVER............ 12,334 44.2% 13,297 48.3% 963 7.8 4.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.4 38.9 3.5 9.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $49,638 $60,357 10,719 21.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $54,302 $69,515 15,213 28.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $19,779 $27,935 8,156 41.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 831 3.0% 896 3.3% 65 7.8 0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,330 100.0% 10,266 100.0% 936 10.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,565 81.1% 7,675 74.8% 110 1.5 -6.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,733 50.7% 4,997 48.7% 264 5.6 -2.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,646 71.2% 6,633 64.6% -13 -0.2 -6.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,230 34.6% 2,915 28.4% -315 -9.8 -6.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 727 7.8% 818 8.0% 91 12.5 0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 248 2.7% 325 3.2% 77 31.0 0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,520 16.3% 2,176 21.2% 656 43.2 4.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.7 -0.3 -10.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,788 100.0% 19,255 100.0% 1,467 8.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,600 25.9% 3,612 18.8% -988 -21.5 -7.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,621 42.8% 10,347 53.7% 2,726 35.8 10.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,252 100.0% 14,759 100.0% 507 3.6 FEMALE................ 6,112 42.9% 6,836 46.3% 724 11.8 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 13,812 96.9% 14,117 95.7% 305 2.2 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,209 43.6% 7,059 47.8% 850 13.7 4.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,079 7.6% 910 6.2% -169 -15.7 -1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,489 100.0% 10,405 100.0% 916 9.7 OCCUPIED.............. 9,359 98.6% 10,160 97.6% 801 8.6 -1.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,756 82.9% 8,097 79.7% 341 4.4 -3.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $134,570 $278,115 143,545 106.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,603 17.1% 2,063 20.3% 460 28.7 3.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $633 $893 260 41.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,981 84.1% 8,447 81.2% 466 5.8 -2.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 7 0.1% 7 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.9 1953.0 2.1 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