Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Mifflin borough GEOCODE:42-8800 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 26,279 100.0% 23,644 100.0% -2,635 -10.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,378 92.8% 20,843 88.2% -3,535 -14.5 -4.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 31 0.1% 31 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 24,525 93.3% 21,791 92.2% -2,734 -11.1 -1.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,639 6.2% 1,740 7.4% 101 6.2 1.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 51 0.2% 57 0.2% 6 11.8 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 37 0.1% 39 0.2% 2 5.4 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 98 0.4% 54 0.2% -44 -44.9 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,308 5.0% 1,430 6.0% 122 9.3 1.1 5-17.................. 4,898 18.6% 3,340 14.1% -1,558 -31.8 -4.5 18-24.................. 3,149 12.0% 1,868 7.9% -1,281 -40.7 -4.1 25-44.................. 6,325 24.1% 6,996 29.6% 671 10.6 5.5 45-64.................. 7,549 28.7% 5,303 22.4% -2,246 -29.8 -6.3 65 AND OVER............ 3,050 11.6% 4,707 19.9% 1,657 54.3 8.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,206 23.6% 4,770 20.2% -1,436 -23.1 -3.4 40 AND OVER............ 11,897 45.3% 11,558 48.9% -339 -2.8 3.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.2 39.3 4.0 11.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,408 $26,867 -7,541 -21.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,444 $31,891 -6,553 -17.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,046 $12,676 -370 -2.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,727 6.6% 2,356 10.0% 629 36.4 3.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,487 100.0% 9,629 100.0% 142 1.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,728 81.5% 7,091 73.6% -637 -8.2 -7.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,703 39.0% 3,584 37.2% -119 -3.2 -1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,594 69.5% 5,531 57.4% -1,063 -16.1 -12.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,650 27.9% 1,981 20.6% -669 -25.2 -7.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 919 9.7% 1,172 12.2% 253 27.5 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 505 5.3% 539 5.6% 34 6.7 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,623 17.1% 2,362 24.5% 739 45.5 7.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.3 -11.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 16,924 100.0% 17,006 100.0% 82 0.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,453 49.9% 7,280 42.8% -1,173 -13.9 -7.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,496 8.8% 1,929 11.3% 433 28.9 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,953 100.0% 11,005 100.0% -948 -7.9 FEMALE................ 4,615 38.6% 5,047 45.9% 432 9.4 7.3 EMPLOYED.............. 11,060 92.5% 10,188 92.6% -872 -7.9 0.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,762 14.7% 2,245 20.4% 483 27.4 5.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,312 11.0% 1,313 11.9% 1 0.1 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,623 100.0% 9,948 100.0% 325 3.4 OCCUPIED.............. 9,426 98.0% 9,638 96.9% 212 2.2 -1.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,767 82.4% 7,794 80.9% 27 0.3 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,533 $52,034 -13,499 -20.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,659 17.6% 1,844 19.1% 185 11.2 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $306 $276 -30 -9.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,138 84.6% 8,128 81.7% -10 -0.1 -2.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 355 3.7% 433 4.4% 78 22.0 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.4 1954.0 1.6 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