Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Hershey CDP GEOCODE:42-5078 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,249 100.0% 11,860 100.0% -1,389 -10.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,826 74.2% 9,098 76.7% -728 -7.4 2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,540 11.6% 393 3.3% -1,147 -74.5 -8.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,758 96.3% 11,267 95.0% -1,491 -11.7 -1.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 378 2.9% 270 2.3% -108 -28.6 -0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 94 0.7% 291 2.5% 197 209.6 1.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 190 1.4% 89 0.8% -101 -53.2 -0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 530 4.0% 535 4.5% 5 0.9 0.5 5-17.................. 3,116 23.5% 1,585 13.4% -1,531 -49.1 -10.2 18-24.................. 1,657 12.5% 1,194 10.1% -463 -27.9 -2.4 25-44.................. 3,064 23.1% 3,452 29.1% 388 12.7 6.0 45-64.................. 2,995 22.6% 2,636 22.2% -359 -12.0 -0.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,887 14.2% 2,458 20.7% 571 30.3 6.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,646 27.5% 2,120 17.9% -1,526 -41.9 -9.6 40 AND OVER............ 5,491 41.4% 5,971 50.3% 481 8.8 8.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.0 40.2 8.3 25.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,996 $32,290 294 0.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $42,929 $41,839 -1,090 -2.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,175 $18,307 4,132 29.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 694 5.9% 748 6.5% 54 7.8 0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,860 100.0% 5,172 100.0% 312 6.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,279 67.5% 3,141 60.7% -138 -4.2 -6.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,013 41.4% 1,863 36.0% -150 -7.5 -5.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,891 59.5% 2,688 52.0% -203 -7.0 -7.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,067 22.0% 965 18.7% -102 -9.6 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 337 6.9% 351 6.8% 14 4.2 -0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 157 3.2% 163 3.2% 6 3.8 -0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,322 27.2% 1,712 33.1% 390 29.5 5.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -8.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,946 100.0% 8,546 100.0% 600 7.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,939 37.0% 2,849 33.3% -90 -3.1 -3.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,139 26.9% 2,798 32.7% 659 30.8 5.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,907 100.0% 5,958 100.0% 51 0.9 FEMALE................ 2,644 44.8% 2,807 47.1% 163 6.2 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 5,732 97.0% 5,773 96.9% 41 0.7 -0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,910 32.3% 2,233 37.5% 323 16.9 5.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 745 12.6% 863 14.5% 118 15.8 1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,990 100.0% 5,490 100.0% 500 10.0 OCCUPIED.............. 4,846 97.1% 5,207 94.8% 361 7.4 -2.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,344 48.4% 2,670 51.3% 326 13.9 2.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $107,212 $123,631 16,418 15.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,502 51.6% 2,537 48.7% 35 1.4 -2.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $452 $495 43 9.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,764 55.4% 3,113 56.7% 349 12.6 1.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 58 1.2% 84 1.5% 26 44.8 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.2 1965.0 2.8 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