Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Edison CDP GEOCODE:34-1697 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 70,193 100.0% 88,680 100.0% 18,487 26.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 63,194 90.0% 76,901 86.7% 13,707 21.7 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,351 1.9% 1,952 2.2% 601 44.5 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 65,331 93.1% 70,724 79.8% 5,393 8.3 -13.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,078 3.0% 4,802 5.4% 2,724 131.1 2.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,435 3.5% 12,120 13.7% 9,685 397.7 10.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 111 0.2% 139 0.2% 28 25.2 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,828 2.6% 3,561 4.0% 1,733 94.8 1.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,904 5.6% 6,076 6.9% 2,172 55.6 1.3 5-17.................. 14,323 20.4% 13,198 14.9% -1,125 -7.9 -5.5 18-24.................. 9,013 12.8% 8,384 9.5% -629 -7.0 -3.4 25-44.................. 21,030 30.0% 33,249 37.5% 12,219 58.1 7.5 45-64.................. 16,292 23.2% 18,393 20.7% 2,101 12.9 -2.5 65 AND OVER............ 5,631 8.0% 9,380 10.6% 3,749 66.6 2.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 18,227 26.0% 19,274 21.7% 1,047 5.7 -4.2 40 AND OVER............ 26,418 37.6% 34,807 39.3% 8,390 31.8 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.4 34.1 2.7 8.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $43,052 $50,075 7,023 16.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $46,852 $55,837 8,985 19.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $16,079 $20,961 4,882 30.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,499 3.6% 3,014 3.5% 515 20.6 -0.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 23,362 100.0% 31,777 100.0% 8,415 36.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 18,760 80.3% 24,021 75.6% 5,261 28.0 -4.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 12,329 52.8% 16,786 52.8% 4,457 36.2 0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 16,479 70.5% 20,502 64.5% 4,023 24.4 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 8,346 35.7% 9,361 29.5% 1,015 12.2 -6.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,782 7.6% 2,642 8.3% 860 48.3 0.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 980 4.2% 916 2.9% -64 -6.5 -1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,743 16.0% 6,149 19.4% 2,406 64.3 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -7.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 42,953 100.0% 61,022 100.0% 18,069 42.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 16,793 39.1% 17,546 28.8% 753 4.5 -10.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 9,140 21.3% 20,639 33.8% 11,499 125.8 12.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 37,854 100.0% 51,780 100.0% 13,926 36.8 FEMALE................ 16,200 42.8% 23,401 45.2% 7,201 44.5 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 36,119 95.4% 49,467 95.5% 13,348 37.0 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 9,925 26.2% 17,362 33.5% 7,437 74.9 7.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,230 8.5% 3,907 7.5% 677 21.0 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 24,307 100.0% 32,832 100.0% 8,525 35.1 OCCUPIED.............. 23,427 96.4% 31,771 96.8% 8,344 35.6 0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 15,604 66.6% 21,258 66.9% 5,654 36.2 0.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $116,098 $203,400 87,301 75.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,823 33.4% 10,513 33.1% 2,690 34.4 -0.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $520 $700 180 34.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 15,799 65.0% 20,826 63.4% 5,027 31.8 -1.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 218 0.9% 265 0.8% 47 21.6 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.8 1967.0 6.2 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