Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Blacksburg town GEOCODE:51-0100 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 30,638 100.0% 34,658 100.0% 4,020 13.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,339 40.3% 13,567 39.1% 1,228 10.0 -1.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 8,556 27.9% 8,100 23.4% -456 -5.3 -4.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,923 94.4% 30,373 87.6% 1,450 5.0 -6.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 800 2.6% 1,387 4.0% 587 73.4 1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 667 2.2% 2,688 7.8% 2,021 303.0 5.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 31 0.1% 65 0.2% 34 109.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 277 0.9% 581 1.7% 304 109.7 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 971 3.2% 1,225 3.5% 254 26.2 0.4 5-17.................. 2,447 8.0% 2,523 7.3% 76 3.1 -0.7 18-24.................. 17,876 58.3% 18,642 53.8% 766 4.3 -4.6 25-44.................. 5,893 19.2% 8,161 23.5% 2,268 38.5 4.3 45-64.................. 2,229 7.3% 2,697 7.8% 468 21.0 0.5 65 AND OVER............ 1,222 4.0% 1,410 4.1% 188 15.4 0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,418 11.2% 3,748 10.8% 330 9.7 -0.3 40 AND OVER............ 4,354 14.2% 5,400 15.6% 1,046 24.0 1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 21.7 22.0 0.3 1.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,215 $18,592 -623 -3.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,797 $35,617 2,820 8.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,810 $9,750 940 10.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,139 31.8% 9,930 37.4% 2,791 39.1 5.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,075 100.0% 11,196 100.0% 2,121 23.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,083 45.0% 4,638 41.4% 555 13.6 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,695 29.7% 2,790 24.9% 95 3.5 -4.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,517 38.8% 3,726 33.3% 209 5.9 -5.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,648 18.2% 1,649 14.7% 1 0.1 -3.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 403 4.4% 720 6.4% 317 78.7 2.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 234 2.6% 442 3.9% 208 88.9 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,991 21.9% 2,746 24.5% 755 37.9 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 -0.1 -2.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,344 100.0% 12,268 100.0% 2,924 31.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,215 13.0% 1,273 10.4% 58 4.8 -2.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,249 56.2% 7,554 61.6% 2,305 43.9 5.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,359 100.0% 15,179 100.0% 2,820 22.8 FEMALE................ 5,357 43.3% 6,574 43.3% 1,217 22.7 -0.0 EMPLOYED.............. 11,658 94.3% 14,129 93.1% 2,471 21.2 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,550 36.8% 6,156 40.6% 1,606 35.3 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,869 15.1% 2,168 14.3% 299 16.0 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,773 100.0% 11,906 100.0% 2,133 21.8 OCCUPIED.............. 9,088 93.0% 11,226 94.3% 2,138 23.5 1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,062 33.7% 3,533 31.5% 471 15.4 -2.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $100,194 $105,216 5,022 5.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,026 66.3% 7,693 68.5% 1,667 27.7 2.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $403 $417 14 3.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,454 35.3% 4,330 36.4% 876 25.4 1.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 569 5.8% 497 4.2% -72 -12.7 -1.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1969.6 1975.0 5.4 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