Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Highland Park borough GEOCODE:34-2150 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,396 100.0% 13,279 100.0% -117 -0.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,418 77.8% 10,177 76.6% -241 -2.3 -1.1 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................. 12,128 90.5% 11,251 84.7% -877 -7.2 -5.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 916 6.8% 1,132 8.5% 216 23.6 1.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 225 1.7% 643 4.8% 418 185.8 3.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 9 0.1% 22 0.2% 13 144.4 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 420 3.1% 799 6.0% 379 90.2 2.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 636 4.7% 901 6.8% 265 41.7 2.0 5-17.................. 2,182 16.3% 1,786 13.4% -396 -18.1 -2.8 18-24.................. 1,886 14.1% 1,210 9.1% -676 -35.8 -5.0 25-44.................. 4,249 31.7% 4,910 37.0% 661 15.6 5.3 45-64.................. 2,728 20.4% 2,675 20.1% -53 -1.9 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 1,715 12.8% 1,797 13.5% 82 4.8 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,818 21.0% 2,687 20.2% -131 -4.6 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 5,182 38.7% 5,219 39.3% 38 0.7 0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.7 34.2 2.5 8.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $32,604 $39,603 6,999 21.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $42,572 $51,820 9,248 21.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $16,626 $20,977 4,351 26.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,301 9.7% 773 5.8% -528 -40.6 -3.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,640 100.0% 5,743 100.0% 103 1.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,405 60.4% 3,302 57.5% -103 -3.0 -2.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,190 38.8% 2,360 41.1% 170 7.8 2.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,709 48.0% 2,684 46.7% -25 -0.9 -1.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,173 20.8% 1,165 20.3% -8 -0.7 -0.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 543 9.6% 496 8.6% -47 -8.7 -1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 297 5.3% 219 3.8% -78 -26.3 -1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,683 29.8% 1,895 33.0% 212 12.6 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -2.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,692 100.0% 9,382 100.0% 690 7.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,414 27.8% 1,883 20.1% -531 -22.0 -7.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,161 36.4% 4,552 48.5% 1,391 44.0 12.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,714 100.0% 8,088 100.0% 374 4.8 FEMALE................ 3,550 46.0% 3,904 48.3% 354 10.0 2.2 EMPLOYED.............. 7,287 94.5% 7,666 94.8% 379 5.2 0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,883 37.4% 3,760 46.5% 877 30.4 9.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 697 9.0% 695 8.6% -2 -0.3 -0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,746 100.0% 6,106 100.0% 360 6.3 OCCUPIED.............. 5,605 97.5% 5,779 94.6% 174 3.1 -2.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,325 41.5% 2,378 41.1% 53 2.3 -0.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $107,010 $184,562 77,552 72.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,280 58.5% 3,401 58.9% 121 3.7 0.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $498 $668 170 34.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,329 40.5% 2,371 38.8% 42 1.8 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1948.4 1951.0 2.6 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