Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Springfield CDP GEOCODE:25-4775 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,042 100.0% 27,537 100.0% 495 1.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 22,746 84.1% 22,291 80.9% -455 -2.0 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 346 1.3% 454 1.6% 108 31.2 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,649 98.5% 26,493 96.2% -156 -0.6 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 103 0.4% 347 1.3% 244 236.9 0.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 146 0.5% 296 1.1% 150 102.7 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 33 0.1% 27 0.1% -6 -18.2 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 263 1.0% 762 2.8% 499 189.7 1.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,425 5.3% 1,800 6.5% 375 26.3 1.3 5-17.................. 5,133 19.0% 4,052 14.7% -1,081 -21.1 -4.3 18-24.................. 3,318 12.3% 2,698 9.8% -620 -18.7 -2.5 25-44.................. 7,233 26.7% 8,848 32.1% 1,615 22.3 5.4 45-64.................. 6,352 23.5% 5,825 21.2% -527 -8.3 -2.3 65 AND OVER............ 3,581 13.2% 4,314 15.7% 733 20.5 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,558 24.3% 5,852 21.3% -706 -10.8 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 11,388 42.1% 12,048 43.8% 660 5.8 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.3 35.9 2.6 7.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,332 $32,194 3,862 13.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,496 $39,908 4,412 12.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,678 $15,905 3,227 25.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,416 9.0% 2,261 8.3% -155 -6.4 -0.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,488 100.0% 11,461 100.0% 973 9.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,032 67.0% 7,363 64.2% 331 4.7 -2.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,125 39.3% 4,594 40.1% 469 11.4 0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,592 53.3% 5,759 50.2% 167 3.0 -3.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,547 24.3% 2,314 20.2% -233 -9.1 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,110 10.6% 1,288 11.2% 178 16.0 0.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 639 6.1% 710 6.2% 71 11.1 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,026 28.9% 3,515 30.7% 489 16.2 1.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -7.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,166 100.0% 18,987 100.0% 1,821 10.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,010 40.8% 6,503 34.2% -507 -7.2 -6.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,632 15.3% 3,651 19.2% 1,019 38.7 3.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,253 100.0% 15,033 100.0% 780 5.5 FEMALE................ 6,252 43.9% 6,966 46.3% 714 11.4 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 13,701 96.1% 14,250 94.8% 549 4.0 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,072 21.6% 3,695 24.6% 623 20.3 3.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,757 12.3% 1,938 12.9% 181 10.3 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,898 100.0% 12,103 100.0% 1,205 11.1 OCCUPIED.............. 10,533 96.7% 11,485 94.9% 952 9.0 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,035 57.3% 6,656 58.0% 621 10.3 0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,882 $139,283 72,400 108.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,498 42.7% 4,829 42.0% 331 7.4 -0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $366 $495 129 35.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,982 54.9% 6,306 52.1% 324 5.4 -2.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 17 0.2% 184 1.5% 167 982.4 1.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.1 1955.0 2.9 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