Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Swissvale borough GEOCODE:42-8164 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,345 100.0% 10,637 100.0% -708 -6.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,585 84.5% 8,208 77.2% -1,377 -14.4 -7.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 62 0.5% 69 0.6% 7 11.3 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,669 94.0% 9,495 89.3% -1,174 -11.0 -4.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 659 5.8% 1,032 9.7% 373 56.6 3.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 10 0.1% 81 0.8% 71 710.0 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 5 0.0% 5 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 76 0.7% 50 0.5% -26 -34.2 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 563 5.0% 598 5.6% 35 6.2 0.7 5-17.................. 1,706 15.0% 1,352 12.7% -354 -20.8 -2.3 18-24.................. 1,395 12.3% 846 8.0% -549 -39.4 -4.3 25-44.................. 2,696 23.8% 3,751 35.3% 1,055 39.1 11.5 45-64.................. 2,942 25.9% 1,941 18.2% -1,001 -34.0 -7.7 65 AND OVER............ 2,043 18.0% 2,149 20.2% 106 5.2 2.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,269 20.0% 1,950 18.3% -319 -14.1 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 5,429 47.8% 4,828 45.4% -601 -11.1 -2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 37.2 37.3 0.0 0.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,471 $23,773 -3,698 -13.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,233 $26,537 -5,696 -17.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,120 $13,164 1,044 8.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 822 7.3% 1,322 12.5% 500 60.8 5.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,587 100.0% 4,914 100.0% 327 7.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,110 67.8% 2,802 57.0% -308 -9.9 -10.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,417 30.9% 1,365 27.8% -52 -3.7 -3.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,372 51.7% 1,960 39.9% -412 -17.4 -11.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 936 20.4% 704 14.3% -232 -24.8 -6.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 606 13.2% 674 13.7% 68 11.2 0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 268 5.8% 293 6.0% 25 9.3 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,311 28.6% 1,896 38.6% 585 44.6 10.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.2 -0.3 -12.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,681 100.0% 7,841 100.0% 160 2.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,180 41.4% 2,947 37.6% -233 -7.3 -3.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 916 11.9% 1,639 20.9% 723 78.9 9.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,267 100.0% 5,281 100.0% 14 0.3 FEMALE................ 2,313 43.9% 2,651 50.2% 338 14.6 6.3 EMPLOYED.............. 4,905 93.1% 4,931 93.4% 26 0.5 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,058 20.1% 1,690 32.0% 632 59.7 11.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 800 15.2% 755 14.3% -45 -5.6 -0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,833 100.0% 5,284 100.0% 451 9.3 OCCUPIED.............. 4,592 95.0% 4,926 93.2% 334 7.3 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,801 61.0% 2,724 55.3% -77 -2.7 -5.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,492 $45,662 -9,830 -17.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,791 39.0% 2,202 44.7% 411 22.9 5.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $382 $402 20 5.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,073 63.6% 3,082 58.3% 9 0.3 -5.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1933.3 1940.0 6.7 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