Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Westerly CDP GEOCODE:44-0505 RI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,102 100.0% 16,612 100.0% 2,510 17.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,693 90.0% 14,104 84.9% 1,411 11.1 -5.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 60 0.4% 245 1.5% 185 308.3 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,965 99.0% 16,276 98.0% 2,311 16.5 -1.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 9 0.1% 98 0.6% 89 988.9 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 93 0.7% 197 1.2% 104 111.8 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 12 0.1% 33 0.2% 21 175.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 103 0.7% 196 1.2% 93 90.3 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 923 6.5% 1,090 6.6% 167 18.1 0.0 5-17.................. 2,996 21.2% 2,640 15.9% -356 -11.9 -5.4 18-24.................. 1,666 11.8% 1,722 10.4% 56 3.4 -1.4 25-44.................. 3,516 24.9% 5,186 31.2% 1,670 47.5 6.3 45-64.................. 3,055 21.7% 3,090 18.6% 35 1.1 -3.1 65 AND OVER............ 1,946 13.8% 2,884 17.4% 938 48.2 3.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,919 27.8% 3,730 22.5% -189 -4.8 -5.3 40 AND OVER............ 5,773 40.9% 7,020 42.3% 1,247 21.6 1.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.1 34.6 2.5 7.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,200 $33,469 4,269 14.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,952 $40,814 6,862 20.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,081 $15,370 3,289 27.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 790 5.6% 1,125 6.9% 335 42.4 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,059 100.0% 6,592 100.0% 1,533 30.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,818 75.5% 4,635 70.3% 817 21.4 -5.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,132 42.1% 2,960 44.9% 828 38.8 2.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,137 62.0% 3,839 58.2% 702 22.4 -3.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,638 32.4% 1,721 26.1% 83 5.1 -6.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 516 10.2% 612 9.3% 96 18.6 -0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 235 4.6% 301 4.6% 66 28.1 -0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,152 22.8% 1,721 26.1% 569 49.4 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.3 -10.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,517 100.0% 11,160 100.0% 2,643 31.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,827 33.2% 3,545 31.8% 718 25.4 -1.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,171 13.7% 2,139 19.2% 968 82.7 5.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,698 100.0% 8,625 100.0% 1,927 28.8 FEMALE................ 2,752 41.1% 4,067 47.2% 1,315 47.8 6.1 EMPLOYED.............. 6,266 93.6% 8,033 93.1% 1,767 28.2 -0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,122 16.8% 2,213 25.7% 1,091 97.2 8.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 829 12.4% 1,102 12.8% 273 32.9 0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,401 100.0% 7,068 100.0% 1,667 30.9 OCCUPIED.............. 5,096 94.4% 6,572 93.0% 1,476 29.0 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,211 63.0% 3,799 57.8% 588 18.3 -5.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $95,099 $165,718 70,619 74.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,885 37.0% 2,773 42.2% 888 47.1 5.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $387 $523 136 35.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,948 54.6% 3,788 53.6% 840 28.5 -1.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.1% 0 0.0% -5-100.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1943.1 1961.0 17.9 0.9 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