Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Beacon city GEOCODE:36-0270 NY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,937 100.0% 13,243 100.0% 306 2.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,827 83.7% 11,390 86.0% 563 5.2 2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 804 6.2% 316 2.4% -488 -60.7 -3.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,280 79.5% 10,423 78.7% 143 1.4 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,908 14.7% 1,977 14.9% 69 3.6 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 15 0.1% 77 0.6% 62 413.3 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 28 0.2% 6 0.0% -22 -78.6 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,428 11.0% 1,758 13.3% 330 23.1 2.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 947 7.3% 1,303 9.8% 356 37.6 2.5 5-17.................. 2,641 20.4% 2,293 17.3% -348 -13.2 -3.1 18-24.................. 1,611 12.5% 1,126 8.5% -485 -30.1 -4.0 25-44.................. 3,321 25.7% 4,332 32.7% 1,011 30.4 7.0 45-64.................. 2,707 20.9% 2,456 18.5% -251 -9.3 -2.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,710 13.2% 1,733 13.1% 23 1.3 -0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,588 27.7% 3,596 27.2% 8 0.2 -0.6 40 AND OVER............ 5,088 39.3% 4,990 37.7% -98 -1.9 -1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.2 32.8 1.6 5.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,755 $32,633 4,878 17.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,491 $38,709 6,218 19.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,924 $13,541 2,617 24.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,484 12.3% 1,492 11.5% 8 0.5 -0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,356 100.0% 4,800 100.0% 444 10.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,197 73.4% 3,459 72.1% 262 8.2 -1.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,710 39.3% 1,920 40.0% 210 12.3 0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,381 54.7% 2,594 54.0% 213 8.9 -0.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,226 28.1% 1,306 27.2% 80 6.5 -0.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 640 14.7% 721 15.0% 81 12.7 0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 410 9.4% 423 8.8% 13 3.2 -0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,050 24.1% 1,168 24.3% 118 11.2 0.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,738 100.0% 8,521 100.0% 783 10.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,583 33.4% 2,547 29.9% -36 -1.4 -3.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 689 8.9% 1,352 15.9% 663 96.2 7.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,618 100.0% 6,239 100.0% 621 11.1 FEMALE................ 2,427 43.2% 2,714 43.5% 287 11.8 0.3 EMPLOYED.............. 5,319 94.7% 5,784 92.7% 465 8.7 -2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 855 15.2% 1,294 20.7% 439 51.3 5.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 955 17.0% 1,045 16.7% 90 9.4 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,630 100.0% 5,039 100.0% 409 8.8 OCCUPIED.............. 4,391 94.8% 4,721 93.7% 330 7.5 -1.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,546 58.0% 2,810 59.5% 264 10.4 1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,193 $120,010 61,818 106.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,845 42.0% 1,911 40.5% 66 3.6 -1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $363 $501 138 37.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,593 56.0% 2,837 56.3% 244 9.4 0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 4 0.1% 0 0.0% -4-100.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1937.2 1943.0 5.8 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