Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Chester borough GEOCODE:42-8714 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,435 100.0% 18,041 100.0% 606 3.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,686 61.3% 9,496 52.6% -1,190 -11.1 -8.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,284 18.8% 3,498 19.4% 214 6.5 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,926 74.1% 13,837 76.7% 911 7.0 2.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,519 20.2% 3,184 17.6% -335 -9.5 -2.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 137 0.8% 219 1.2% 82 59.9 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 27 0.2% 41 0.2% 14 51.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,471 8.4% 1,286 7.1% -185 -12.6 -1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 962 5.5% 839 4.7% -123 -12.8 -0.9 5-17.................. 2,318 13.3% 1,714 9.5% -604 -26.1 -3.8 18-24.................. 5,763 33.1% 6,262 34.7% 499 8.7 1.7 25-44.................. 4,142 23.8% 5,445 30.2% 1,303 31.5 6.4 45-64.................. 2,391 13.7% 1,928 10.7% -463 -19.4 -3.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,859 10.7% 1,853 10.3% -6 -0.3 -0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,280 18.8% 2,553 14.2% -727 -22.2 -4.7 40 AND OVER............ 4,898 28.1% 4,662 25.8% -236 -4.8 -2.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.4 25.5 1.1 4.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,921 $31,262 6,341 25.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,928 $39,351 5,423 16.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,571 $13,082 2,511 23.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,561 17.9% 2,529 17.1% -32 -1.2 -0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,705 100.0% 6,134 100.0% 429 7.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,216 56.4% 3,015 49.2% -201 -6.3 -7.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,804 31.6% 1,848 30.1% 44 2.4 -1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,320 40.7% 1,959 31.9% -361 -15.6 -8.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 992 17.4% 764 12.5% -228 -23.0 -4.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 710 12.4% 850 13.9% 140 19.7 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 472 8.3% 463 7.5% -9 -1.9 -0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,880 33.0% 2,038 33.2% 158 8.4 0.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,392 100.0% 9,226 100.0% 834 9.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,779 33.1% 2,703 29.3% -76 -2.7 -3.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,002 23.9% 2,925 31.7% 923 46.1 7.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,845 100.0% 10,779 100.0% 1,934 21.9 FEMALE................ 4,422 50.0% 5,599 51.9% 1,177 26.6 1.9 EMPLOYED.............. 8,242 93.2% 10,163 94.3% 1,921 23.3 1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,056 23.2% 2,733 25.4% 677 32.9 2.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,421 16.1% 1,965 18.2% 544 38.3 2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,054 100.0% 6,457 100.0% 403 6.7 OCCUPIED.............. 5,761 95.2% 6,110 94.6% 349 6.1 -0.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,378 41.3% 2,405 39.4% 27 1.1 -1.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $80,104 $132,173 52,069 65.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,383 58.7% 3,705 60.6% 322 9.5 1.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $414 $544 130 31.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,824 46.6% 3,083 47.7% 259 9.2 1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.0 1939.0 1.0 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