Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Elmwood Park borough GEOCODE:34-1727 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,377 100.0% 17,623 100.0% -754 -4.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 17,011 92.6% 15,692 89.0% -1,319 -7.8 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 17,876 97.3% 16,536 93.8% -1,340 -7.5 -3.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 72 0.4% 159 0.9% 87 120.8 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 321 1.7% 620 3.5% 299 93.1 1.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 28 0.2% 15 0.1% -13 -46.4 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 762 4.1% 1,425 8.1% 663 87.0 3.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 872 4.7% 979 5.6% 107 12.3 0.8 5-17.................. 2,944 16.0% 2,393 13.6% -551 -18.7 -2.4 18-24.................. 2,090 11.4% 1,565 8.9% -525 -25.1 -2.5 25-44.................. 4,812 26.2% 5,385 30.6% 573 11.9 4.4 45-64.................. 5,003 27.2% 3,857 21.9% -1,146 -22.9 -5.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,656 14.5% 3,444 19.5% 788 29.7 5.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,816 20.8% 3,372 19.1% -444 -11.6 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 8,665 47.1% 8,457 48.0% -208 -2.4 0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 37.4 38.6 1.2 3.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,010 $38,248 4,238 12.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,473 $45,118 6,645 17.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,450 $17,910 4,460 33.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 850 4.6% 547 3.1% -303 -35.6 -1.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,712 100.0% 6,669 100.0% -43 -0.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,414 80.7% 4,980 74.7% -434 -8.0 -6.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,138 46.8% 2,951 44.2% -187 -6.0 -2.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,562 68.0% 4,016 60.2% -546 -12.0 -7.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,799 26.8% 1,566 23.5% -233 -13.0 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 644 9.6% 697 10.5% 53 8.2 0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 278 4.1% 255 3.8% -23 -8.3 -0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,229 18.3% 1,480 22.2% 251 20.4 3.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -3.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,471 100.0% 12,686 100.0% 215 1.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,773 38.3% 4,337 34.2% -436 -9.1 -4.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,295 10.4% 1,903 15.0% 608 46.9 4.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,746 100.0% 9,546 100.0% -200 -2.1 FEMALE................ 4,246 43.6% 4,428 46.4% 182 4.3 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 9,117 93.5% 9,064 95.0% -53 -0.6 1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,724 17.7% 1,934 20.3% 210 12.2 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 842 8.6% 889 9.3% 47 5.6 0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,798 100.0% 6,940 100.0% 142 2.1 OCCUPIED.............. 6,715 98.8% 6,757 97.4% 42 0.6 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,215 62.8% 4,213 62.4% -2 -0.0 -0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $100,449 $187,493 87,044 86.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,500 37.2% 2,544 37.6% 44 1.8 0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $458 $623 165 35.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,586 52.8% 3,413 49.2% -173 -4.8 -3.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1948.3 1950.0 1.7 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