Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Kirkwood city GEOCODE:29-2280 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,987 100.0% 27,291 100.0% -696 -2.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,467 87.4% 22,944 84.1% -1,523 -6.2 -3.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 277 1.0% 305 1.1% 28 10.1 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,100 93.3% 25,338 92.8% -762 -2.9 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,794 6.4% 1,573 5.8% -221 -12.3 -0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 66 0.2% 311 1.1% 245 371.2 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 18 0.1% 56 0.2% 38 211.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 112 0.4% 264 1.0% 152 135.7 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,661 5.9% 1,801 6.6% 140 8.4 0.7 5-17.................. 5,114 18.3% 4,472 16.4% -642 -12.6 -1.9 18-24.................. 2,484 8.9% 1,643 6.0% -841 -33.9 -2.9 25-44.................. 7,834 28.0% 8,913 32.7% 1,079 13.8 4.7 45-64.................. 6,558 23.4% 5,503 20.2% -1,055 -16.1 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 4,336 15.5% 4,959 18.2% 623 14.4 2.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,775 24.2% 6,273 23.0% -502 -7.4 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 12,502 44.7% 12,711 46.6% 209 1.7 1.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.4 38.1 2.7 7.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $39,538 $42,113 2,575 6.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $46,154 $51,118 4,964 10.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $17,574 $22,058 4,484 25.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 862 3.1% 760 2.8% -102 -11.8 -0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,723 100.0% 11,221 100.0% 498 4.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,813 72.9% 7,632 68.0% -181 -2.3 -4.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,529 42.2% 4,662 41.5% 133 2.9 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,815 63.6% 6,396 57.0% -419 -6.1 -6.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,000 28.0% 2,662 23.7% -338 -11.3 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 815 7.6% 921 8.2% 106 13.0 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 357 3.3% 453 4.0% 96 26.9 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,624 24.5% 3,184 28.4% 560 21.3 3.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,728 100.0% 19,375 100.0% 647 3.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,193 27.7% 3,674 19.0% -1,519 -29.3 -8.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 6,159 32.9% 8,307 42.9% 2,148 34.9 10.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,276 100.0% 14,201 100.0% -75 -0.5 FEMALE................ 6,185 43.3% 6,631 46.7% 446 7.2 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 13,815 96.8% 13,757 96.9% -58 -0.4 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,176 36.3% 5,868 41.3% 692 13.4 5.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,503 10.5% 1,272 9.0% -231 -15.4 -1.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,113 100.0% 11,699 100.0% 586 5.3 OCCUPIED.............. 10,791 97.1% 11,212 95.8% 421 3.9 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,297 76.9% 8,741 78.0% 444 5.4 1.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $99,912 $122,046 22,134 22.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,494 23.1% 2,471 22.0% -23 -0.9 -1.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $528 $558 30 5.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,092 81.8% 9,305 79.5% 213 2.3 -2.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.1 1955.0 1.9 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