Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Amherst city GEOCODE:39-0085 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,638 100.0% 10,332 100.0% -306 -2.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,876 92.8% 9,195 89.0% -681 -6.9 -3.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 101 0.9% 202 2.0% 101 100.0 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,561 99.3% 10,201 98.7% -360 -3.4 -0.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7 0.1% 4 0.0% -3 -42.9 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 22 0.2% 55 0.5% 33 150.0 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 120 1.1% 204 2.0% 84 70.0 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 604 5.7% 561 5.4% -43 -7.1 -0.2 5-17.................. 2,614 24.6% 1,963 19.0% -651 -24.9 -5.6 18-24.................. 1,025 9.6% 830 8.0% -195 -19.0 -1.6 25-44.................. 2,871 27.0% 3,172 30.7% 301 10.5 3.7 45-64.................. 2,441 22.9% 2,272 22.0% -169 -6.9 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,083 10.2% 1,534 14.8% 451 41.6 4.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,218 30.3% 2,524 24.4% -694 -21.6 -5.8 40 AND OVER............ 4,212 39.6% 4,739 45.9% 528 12.5 6.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.4 37.6 5.2 16.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $38,317 $37,695 -622 -1.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $41,875 $42,247 372 0.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,096 $15,242 1,146 8.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 596 5.7% 457 4.5% -139 -23.3 -1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,586 100.0% 3,738 100.0% 152 4.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,978 83.0% 2,888 77.3% -90 -3.0 -5.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,436 40.0% 1,656 44.3% 220 15.3 4.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,640 73.6% 2,592 69.3% -48 -1.8 -4.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,441 40.2% 1,172 31.4% -269 -18.7 -8.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 252 7.0% 211 5.6% -41 -16.3 -1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 163 4.5% 110 2.9% -53 -32.5 -1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 562 15.7% 772 20.7% 210 37.4 5.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -7.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,395 100.0% 6,978 100.0% 583 9.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,895 45.3% 2,658 38.1% -237 -8.2 -7.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 881 13.8% 1,136 16.3% 255 28.9 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,646 100.0% 5,004 100.0% 358 7.7 FEMALE................ 1,664 35.8% 2,247 44.9% 583 35.0 9.1 EMPLOYED.............. 4,288 92.3% 4,756 95.0% 468 10.9 2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 973 20.9% 1,283 25.6% 310 31.9 4.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 431 9.3% 584 11.7% 153 35.5 2.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 3,609 100.0% 3,864 100.0% 255 7.1 OCCUPIED.............. 3,532 97.9% 3,777 97.7% 245 6.9 -0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,888 81.8% 3,150 83.4% 262 9.1 1.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $101,472 $89,380 -12,092 -11.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 644 18.2% 627 16.6% -17 -2.6 -1.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $390 $372 -18 -4.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,092 85.7% 3,216 83.2% 124 4.0 -2.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 43 1.2% 218 5.6% 175 407.0 4.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.3 1960.0 2.7 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