Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Metuchen borough GEOCODE:34-2685 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,762 100.0% 12,804 100.0% -958 -7.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,524 91.0% 11,239 87.8% -1,285 -10.3 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 21 0.2% 36 0.3% 15 71.4 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,569 91.3% 11,338 88.6% -1,231 -9.8 -2.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 827 6.0% 789 6.2% -38 -4.6 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 322 2.3% 583 4.6% 261 81.1 2.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 425 3.1% 361 2.8% -64 -15.1 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 694 5.0% 824 6.4% 130 18.7 1.4 5-17.................. 2,699 19.6% 1,870 14.6% -829 -30.7 -5.0 18-24.................. 1,305 9.5% 865 6.8% -440 -33.7 -2.7 25-44.................. 3,793 27.6% 4,207 32.9% 414 10.9 5.3 45-64.................. 3,665 26.6% 3,112 24.3% -553 -15.1 -2.3 65 AND OVER............ 1,606 11.7% 1,926 15.0% 320 19.9 3.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,393 24.7% 2,694 21.0% -699 -20.6 -3.6 40 AND OVER............ 6,132 44.6% 5,994 46.8% -138 -2.2 2.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.6 38.1 2.5 6.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $43,807 $53,226 9,419 21.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $50,172 $61,046 10,874 21.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $17,905 $23,174 5,269 29.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 560 4.1% 371 2.9% -189 -33.8 -1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,978 100.0% 4,957 100.0% -21 -0.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,918 78.7% 3,654 73.7% -264 -6.7 -5.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,513 50.5% 2,470 49.8% -43 -1.7 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,380 67.9% 3,196 64.5% -184 -5.4 -3.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,515 30.4% 1,297 26.2% -218 -14.4 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 414 8.3% 364 7.3% -50 -12.1 -1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 214 4.3% 140 2.8% -74 -34.6 -1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 958 19.2% 1,108 22.4% 150 15.7 3.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -6.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,064 100.0% 9,245 100.0% 181 2.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,312 36.5% 2,628 28.4% -684 -20.7 -8.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,480 27.4% 3,474 37.6% 994 40.1 10.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,393 100.0% 7,323 100.0% -70 -0.9 FEMALE................ 3,249 43.9% 3,512 48.0% 263 8.1 4.0 EMPLOYED.............. 7,047 95.3% 7,093 96.9% 46 0.7 1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,440 33.0% 3,029 41.4% 589 24.1 8.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 571 7.7% 531 7.3% -40 -7.0 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,049 100.0% 5,097 100.0% 48 1.0 OCCUPIED.............. 4,959 98.2% 4,936 96.8% -23 -0.5 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,833 77.3% 3,882 78.6% 49 1.3 1.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $111,870 $186,506 74,637 66.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,126 22.7% 1,054 21.4% -72 -6.4 -1.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $517 $667 150 29.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,908 77.4% 4,105 80.5% 197 5.0 3.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 7 0.1% 4 0.1% -3 -42.9 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.1 1952.0 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