Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Melvindale city GEOCODE:26-1720 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,322 100.0% 11,216 100.0% -1,106 -9.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,774 87.4% 9,250 82.5% -1,524 -14.1 -5.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 12 0.1% 6 0.1% -6 -50.0 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,844 96.1% 10,504 93.7% -1,340 -11.3 -2.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 47 0.4% 324 2.9% 277 589.4 2.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 121 1.0% 52 0.5% -69 -57.0 -0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 205 1.7% 90 0.8% -115 -56.1 -0.9 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 486 3.9% 654 5.8% 168 34.6 1.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 767 6.2% 788 7.0% 21 2.7 0.8 5-17.................. 2,429 19.7% 1,737 15.5% -692 -28.5 -4.2 18-24.................. 1,785 14.5% 1,246 11.1% -539 -30.2 -3.4 25-44.................. 3,376 27.4% 3,643 32.5% 267 7.9 5.1 45-64.................. 2,822 22.9% 2,247 20.0% -575 -20.4 -2.9 65 AND OVER............ 1,143 9.3% 1,555 13.9% 412 36.0 4.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,196 25.9% 2,525 22.5% -671 -21.0 -3.4 40 AND OVER............ 4,640 37.7% 4,495 40.1% -145 -3.1 2.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.5 33.8 3.3 10.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,912 $26,179 -8,733 -25.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $39,774 $30,172 -9,602 -24.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,055 $12,785 -1,270 -9.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,166 9.5% 1,354 12.1% 188 16.1 2.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,704 100.0% 4,682 100.0% -22 -0.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,368 71.6% 3,010 64.3% -358 -10.6 -7.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,724 36.6% 1,468 31.4% -256 -14.8 -5.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,629 55.9% 2,140 45.7% -489 -18.6 -10.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,211 25.7% 867 18.5% -344 -28.4 -7.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 597 12.7% 715 15.3% 118 19.8 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 322 6.8% 393 8.4% 71 22.0 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,154 24.5% 1,435 30.6% 281 24.4 6.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -8.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,341 100.0% 7,445 100.0% 104 1.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,886 39.3% 2,585 34.7% -301 -10.4 -4.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 330 4.5% 401 5.4% 71 21.5 0.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,125 100.0% 5,279 100.0% -846 -13.8 FEMALE................ 2,397 39.1% 2,316 43.9% -81 -3.4 4.7 EMPLOYED.............. 5,260 85.9% 4,855 92.0% -405 -7.7 6.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 569 9.3% 689 13.1% 120 21.1 3.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 664 10.8% 715 13.5% 51 7.7 2.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,756 100.0% 4,902 100.0% 146 3.1 OCCUPIED.............. 4,625 97.2% 4,670 95.3% 45 1.0 -2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,231 69.9% 2,984 63.9% -247 -7.6 -6.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $49,372 $39,191 -10,181 -20.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,394 30.1% 1,686 36.1% 292 20.9 6.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $420 $416 -4 -1.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,540 74.4% 3,446 70.3% -94 -2.7 -4.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 112 2.4% 140 2.9% 28 25.0 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.6 1952.0 1.4 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