Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Waltham city GEOCODE:25-4440 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 58,200 100.0% 57,878 100.0% -322 -0.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 42,737 73.4% 38,765 67.0% -3,972 -9.3 -6.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 5,781 9.9% 7,677 13.3% 1,896 32.8 3.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 56,287 96.7% 52,864 91.3% -3,423 -6.1 -5.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 691 1.2% 1,828 3.2% 1,137 164.5 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 739 1.3% 1,992 3.4% 1,253 169.6 2.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 72 0.1% 121 0.2% 49 68.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,426 2.5% 2,970 5.1% 1,544 108.3 2.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,627 4.5% 2,849 4.9% 222 8.5 0.4 5-17.................. 8,976 15.4% 6,119 10.6% -2,857 -31.8 -4.9 18-24.................. 11,767 20.2% 11,256 19.4% -511 -4.3 -0.8 25-44.................. 15,876 27.3% 20,134 34.8% 4,258 26.8 7.5 45-64.................. 11,787 20.3% 9,915 17.1% -1,872 -15.9 -3.1 65 AND OVER............ 7,167 12.3% 7,605 13.1% 438 6.1 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,603 19.9% 8,968 15.5% -2,635 -22.7 -4.4 40 AND OVER............ 21,778 37.4% 21,090 36.4% -688 -3.2 -1.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.2 31.8 1.6 5.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,794 $38,514 6,720 21.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,148 $45,730 7,582 19.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,094 $16,777 3,683 28.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,259 8.1% 3,288 6.5% -971 -22.8 -1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 20,597 100.0% 20,648 100.0% 51 0.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 13,038 63.3% 12,272 59.4% -766 -5.9 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,813 37.9% 8,260 40.0% 447 5.7 2.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,614 51.5% 9,562 46.3% -1,052 -9.9 -5.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,729 23.0% 3,806 18.4% -923 -19.5 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,975 9.6% 2,078 10.1% 103 5.2 0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 962 4.7% 845 4.1% -117 -12.2 -0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,961 28.9% 6,263 30.3% 302 5.1 1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 34,830 100.0% 37,654 100.0% 2,824 8.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 13,221 38.0% 12,138 32.2% -1,083 -8.2 -5.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 6,656 19.1% 9,969 26.5% 3,313 49.8 7.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 31,305 100.0% 34,445 100.0% 3,140 10.0 FEMALE................ 14,157 45.2% 16,366 47.5% 2,209 15.6 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 30,222 96.5% 32,353 93.9% 2,131 7.1 -2.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 7,746 24.7% 9,826 28.5% 2,080 26.9 3.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,005 12.8% 3,963 11.5% -42 -1.0 -1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 21,218 100.0% 21,723 100.0% 505 2.4 OCCUPIED.............. 20,594 97.1% 20,728 95.4% 134 0.7 -1.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,275 45.0% 9,523 45.9% 248 2.7 0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $94,430 $201,288 106,858 113.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 11,319 55.0% 11,205 54.1% -114 -1.0 -0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $490 $707 217 44.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,180 43.3% 8,771 40.4% -409 -4.5 -2.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 9 0.0% 0 0.0% -9-100.0 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.5 1950.0 5.5 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