Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Pottstown borough GEOCODE:42-7342 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 22,729 100.0% 21,831 100.0% -898 -4.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 19,453 85.6% 18,365 84.1% -1,088 -5.6 -1.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 271 1.2% 303 1.4% 32 11.8 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,937 87.7% 19,063 87.3% -874 -4.4 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,503 11.0% 2,428 11.1% -75 -3.0 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 46 0.2% 87 0.4% 41 89.1 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 67 0.3% 61 0.3% -6 -9.0 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 466 2.1% 633 2.9% 167 35.8 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,539 6.8% 1,782 8.2% 243 15.8 1.4 5-17.................. 4,223 18.6% 3,415 15.6% -808 -19.1 -2.9 18-24.................. 2,715 11.9% 1,840 8.4% -875 -32.2 -3.5 25-44.................. 5,373 23.6% 6,805 31.2% 1,432 26.7 7.5 45-64.................. 5,307 23.3% 4,016 18.4% -1,291 -24.3 -5.0 65 AND OVER............ 3,572 15.7% 3,973 18.2% 401 11.2 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,762 25.4% 5,197 23.8% -565 -9.8 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 9,913 43.6% 9,194 42.1% -719 -7.2 -1.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.8 34.0 0.2 0.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,776 $28,944 2,168 8.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,488 $33,770 1,282 3.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,722 $13,291 1,569 13.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,403 10.7% 1,856 8.6% -547 -22.8 -2.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,835 100.0% 8,860 100.0% 25 0.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,123 69.3% 6,012 67.9% -111 -1.8 -1.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,040 34.4% 3,417 38.6% 377 12.4 4.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,819 54.5% 4,489 50.7% -330 -6.8 -3.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,027 22.9% 1,834 20.7% -193 -9.5 -2.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,039 11.8% 1,184 13.4% 145 14.0 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 539 6.1% 554 6.3% 15 2.8 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,493 28.2% 2,564 28.9% 71 2.8 0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,252 100.0% 14,794 100.0% 542 3.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,721 40.1% 6,206 41.9% 485 8.5 1.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,196 8.4% 1,874 12.7% 678 56.7 4.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,739 100.0% 11,114 100.0% 375 3.5 FEMALE................ 4,622 43.0% 5,173 46.5% 551 11.9 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 9,780 91.1% 10,634 95.7% 854 8.7 4.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,380 12.9% 1,869 16.8% 489 35.4 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,481 13.8% 1,394 12.5% -87 -5.9 -1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,421 100.0% 9,700 100.0% 279 3.0 OCCUPIED.............. 8,867 94.1% 9,086 93.7% 219 2.5 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,275 59.5% 5,340 58.8% 65 1.2 -0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,724 $83,666 25,942 44.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,592 40.5% 3,746 41.2% 154 4.3 0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $351 $449 98 28.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,312 67.0% 6,445 66.4% 133 2.1 -0.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 4 0.0% 6 0.1% 2 50.0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.1 1943.0 3.9 0.2 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