Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Balch Springs city GEOCODE:48-0250 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,746 100.0% 17,406 100.0% 3,660 26.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,064 95.0% 15,937 91.6% 2,873 22.0 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 122 0.9% 116 0.7% -6 -4.9 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,975 94.4% 14,332 82.3% 1,357 10.5 -12.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 198 1.4% 1,626 9.3% 1,428 721.2 7.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 65 0.5% 166 1.0% 101 155.4 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 104 0.8% 141 0.8% 37 35.6 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 803 5.8% 2,234 12.8% 1,431 178.2 7.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,374 10.0% 1,747 10.0% 373 27.1 0.0 5-17.................. 3,848 28.0% 3,956 22.7% 108 2.8 -5.3 18-24.................. 1,549 11.3% 2,012 11.6% 463 29.9 0.3 25-44.................. 4,256 31.0% 5,905 33.9% 1,649 38.7 3.0 45-64.................. 1,921 14.0% 2,808 16.1% 887 46.2 2.2 65 AND OVER............ 798 5.8% 978 5.6% 180 22.6 -0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,222 38.0% 5,703 32.8% 481 9.2 -5.2 40 AND OVER............ 3,608 26.2% 4,901 28.2% 1,294 35.9 1.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.4 28.1 2.7 10.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $32,397 $28,734 -3,663 -11.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,013 $29,883 -4,130 -12.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,850 $9,710 -140 -1.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,255 9.3% 2,338 13.7% 1,083 86.3 4.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,981 100.0% 5,538 100.0% 1,557 39.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,535 88.8% 4,532 81.8% 997 28.2 -7.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,256 56.7% 2,895 52.3% 639 28.3 -4.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,034 76.2% 3,439 62.1% 405 13.3 -14.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,975 49.6% 2,014 36.4% 39 2.0 -13.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 364 9.1% 875 15.8% 511 140.4 6.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 237 6.0% 569 10.3% 332 140.1 4.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 377 9.5% 797 14.4% 420 111.4 4.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.4 3.1 -0.3 -8.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,975 100.0% 9,691 100.0% 2,716 38.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,439 35.0% 3,318 34.2% 879 36.0 -0.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 291 4.2% 567 5.9% 276 94.8 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,393 100.0% 8,996 100.0% 2,603 40.7 FEMALE................ 2,692 42.1% 4,098 45.6% 1,406 52.2 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 6,082 95.1% 8,529 94.8% 2,447 40.2 -0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 617 9.7% 1,228 13.7% 611 99.0 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 660 10.3% 1,189 13.2% 529 80.2 2.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,115 100.0% 6,244 100.0% 2,129 51.7 OCCUPIED.............. 3,978 96.7% 5,520 88.4% 1,542 38.8 -8.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,252 81.7% 3,241 58.7% -11 -0.3 -23.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $47,742 $53,290 5,548 11.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 726 18.3% 2,279 41.3% 1,553 213.9 23.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $425 $474 49 11.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,928 95.5% 4,550 72.9% 622 15.8 -22.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 10 0.2% 97 1.6% 87 870.0 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1963.5 1971.0 7.5 0.4 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