Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Norristown borough GEOCODE:42-6842 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 34,684 100.0% 30,749 100.0% -3,935 -11.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 27,952 80.6% 24,045 78.2% -3,907 -14.0 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,926 5.6% 1,047 3.4% -879 -45.6 -2.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,494 76.4% 21,869 71.1% -4,625 -17.5 -5.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,831 22.6% 8,074 26.3% 243 3.1 3.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 291 0.8% 414 1.3% 123 42.3 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 31 0.1% 62 0.2% 31 100.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 406 1.2% 902 2.9% 496 122.2 1.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,220 6.4% 2,464 8.0% 244 11.0 1.6 5-17.................. 6,722 19.4% 4,711 15.3% -2,011 -29.9 -4.1 18-24.................. 4,822 13.9% 2,794 9.1% -2,028 -42.1 -4.8 25-44.................. 9,327 26.9% 10,960 35.6% 1,633 17.5 8.8 45-64.................. 7,025 20.3% 5,341 17.4% -1,684 -24.0 -2.9 65 AND OVER............ 4,568 13.2% 4,479 14.6% -89 -1.9 1.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,942 25.8% 7,175 23.3% -1,767 -19.8 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 13,251 38.2% 11,800 38.4% -1,451 -10.9 0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.4 33.4 3.0 9.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,010 $28,643 3,633 14.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,715 $35,056 4,341 14.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,468 $13,527 3,059 29.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,857 11.8% 2,838 9.5% -1,019 -26.4 -2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,282 100.0% 12,214 100.0% -68 -0.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,100 66.0% 7,328 60.0% -772 -9.5 -6.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,342 35.4% 4,390 35.9% 48 1.1 0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,994 48.8% 5,054 41.4% -940 -15.7 -7.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,815 22.9% 2,277 18.6% -538 -19.1 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,765 14.4% 1,859 15.2% 94 5.3 0.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,060 8.6% 928 7.6% -132 -12.5 -1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,661 29.8% 4,228 34.6% 567 15.5 4.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.4 -0.2 -8.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 20,920 100.0% 20,780 100.0% -140 -0.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,637 36.5% 7,333 35.3% -304 -4.0 -1.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,769 8.5% 2,671 12.9% 902 51.0 4.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,478 100.0% 16,215 100.0% -263 -1.6 FEMALE................ 7,629 46.3% 7,897 48.7% 268 3.5 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 15,266 92.6% 15,384 94.9% 118 0.8 2.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,092 12.7% 2,939 18.1% 847 40.5 5.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,714 16.5% 2,312 14.3% -402 -14.8 -2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,233 100.0% 13,080 100.0% -153 -1.2 OCCUPIED.............. 12,343 93.3% 12,187 93.2% -156 -1.3 -0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,864 55.6% 6,697 55.0% -167 -2.4 -0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $53,873 $81,760 27,887 51.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,479 44.4% 5,490 45.0% 11 0.2 0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $395 $504 109 27.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,007 60.5% 7,871 60.2% -136 -1.7 -0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 14 0.1% 33 0.3% 19 135.7 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1937.2 1940.0 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