Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Somerville city GEOCODE:25-3920 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 77,372 100.0% 76,210 100.0% -1,162 -1.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 59,839 77.3% 51,547 67.6% -8,292 -13.9 -9.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,129 2.8% 2,243 2.9% 114 5.4 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 74,750 96.6% 67,568 88.7% -7,182 -9.6 -8.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,345 1.7% 4,280 5.6% 2,935 218.2 3.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 670 0.9% 2,773 3.6% 2,103 313.9 2.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 179 0.2% 90 0.1% -89 -49.7 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,564 2.0% 4,716 6.2% 3,152 201.5 4.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,008 5.2% 3,830 5.0% -178 -4.4 -0.2 5-17.................. 12,629 16.3% 7,809 10.2% -4,820 -38.2 -6.1 18-24.................. 13,441 17.4% 12,795 16.8% -646 -4.8 -0.6 25-44.................. 22,037 28.5% 30,740 40.3% 8,703 39.5 11.9 45-64.................. 14,758 19.1% 11,722 15.4% -3,036 -20.6 -3.7 65 AND OVER............ 10,499 13.6% 9,314 12.2% -1,185 -11.3 -1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 16,637 21.5% 11,639 15.3% -4,998 -30.0 -6.2 40 AND OVER............ 28,775 37.2% 25,423 33.4% -3,352 -11.6 -3.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.9 31.2 1.3 4.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,597 $32,455 7,858 31.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,120 $38,532 7,412 23.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,844 $15,179 4,335 40.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,345 12.4% 8,492 11.5% -853 -9.1 -1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 29,638 100.0% 30,319 100.0% 681 2.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 17,980 60.7% 16,097 53.1% -1,883 -10.5 -7.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,948 33.6% 10,026 33.1% 78 0.8 -0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 13,336 45.0% 11,357 37.5% -1,979 -14.8 -7.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,260 21.1% 4,643 15.3% -1,617 -25.8 -5.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,714 12.5% 3,692 12.2% -22 -0.6 -0.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,741 5.9% 1,423 4.7% -318 -18.3 -1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 8,956 30.2% 9,127 30.1% 171 1.9 -0.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -3.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 47,294 100.0% 51,776 100.0% 4,482 9.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 16,765 35.4% 14,617 28.2% -2,148 -12.8 -7.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,738 16.4% 15,991 30.9% 8,253 106.7 14.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 39,789 100.0% 46,634 100.0% 6,845 17.2 FEMALE................ 18,910 47.5% 22,824 48.9% 3,914 20.7 1.4 EMPLOYED.............. 37,797 95.0% 43,677 93.7% 5,880 15.6 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 7,966 20.0% 14,236 30.5% 6,270 78.7 10.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,513 13.9% 6,409 13.7% 896 16.3 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 30,942 100.0% 31,786 100.0% 844 2.7 OCCUPIED.............. 29,687 95.9% 30,319 95.4% 632 2.1 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,732 32.8% 9,398 31.0% -334 -3.4 -1.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,583 $169,383 104,800 162.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 19,955 67.2% 20,921 69.0% 966 4.8 1.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $433 $677 244 56.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,791 15.5% 3,191 10.0% -1,600 -33.4 -5.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 7 0.0% 0 0.0% -7-100.0 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1930.8 1939.0 8.2 0.4 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