Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Mercerville-Hamilton Square CDP GEOCODE:34-2675 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 25,446 100.0% 26,873 100.0% 1,427 5.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 23,726 93.2% 24,611 91.6% 885 3.7 -1.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 417 1.6% 459 1.7% 42 10.1 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 24,834 97.6% 25,968 96.6% 1,134 4.6 -1.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 187 0.7% 194 0.7% 7 3.7 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 368 1.4% 610 2.3% 242 65.8 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 40 0.2% 9 0.0% -31 -77.5 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 425 1.7% 389 1.4% -36 -8.5 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,467 5.8% 1,596 5.9% 129 8.8 0.2 5-17.................. 5,307 20.9% 4,377 16.3% -930 -17.5 -4.6 18-24.................. 2,651 10.4% 2,320 8.6% -331 -12.5 -1.8 25-44.................. 7,139 28.1% 8,221 30.6% 1,082 15.2 2.5 45-64.................. 6,120 24.1% 6,312 23.5% 192 3.1 -0.6 65 AND OVER............ 2,762 10.9% 4,047 15.1% 1,285 46.5 4.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,774 26.6% 5,973 22.2% -801 -11.8 -4.4 40 AND OVER............ 10,568 41.5% 12,700 47.3% 2,132 20.2 5.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.9 38.3 4.4 13.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $41,793 $51,060 9,267 22.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $44,705 $56,092 11,387 25.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,164 $18,907 4,743 33.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 730 2.9% 456 1.7% -274 -37.5 -1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,178 100.0% 9,210 100.0% 1,032 12.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,004 85.6% 7,602 82.5% 598 8.5 -3.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,341 53.1% 5,287 57.4% 946 21.8 4.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,121 74.8% 6,671 72.4% 550 9.0 -2.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,111 38.0% 2,952 32.1% -159 -5.1 -6.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 639 7.8% 632 6.9% -7 -1.1 -1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 247 3.0% 211 2.3% -36 -14.6 -0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,083 13.2% 1,428 15.5% 345 31.9 2.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 2.9 -0.2 -6.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 16,021 100.0% 18,580 100.0% 2,559 16.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,384 39.8% 6,066 32.6% -318 -5.0 -7.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,738 17.1% 4,496 24.2% 1,758 64.2 7.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,186 100.0% 14,988 100.0% 1,802 13.7 FEMALE................ 5,773 43.8% 6,945 46.3% 1,172 20.3 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 12,591 95.5% 14,693 98.0% 2,102 16.7 2.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,397 25.8% 4,671 31.2% 1,274 37.5 5.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,369 10.4% 1,243 8.3% -126 -9.2 -2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,272 100.0% 9,365 100.0% 1,093 13.2 OCCUPIED.............. 8,137 98.4% 9,215 98.4% 1,078 13.2 0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,859 84.3% 8,096 87.9% 1,237 18.0 3.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $92,414 $157,004 64,590 69.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,278 15.7% 1,119 12.1% -159 -12.4 -3.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $488 $657 169 34.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,136 86.3% 8,387 89.6% 1,251 17.5 3.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.8 1960.0 2.2 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