Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Harrisonburg city GEOCODE:51-0600 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 19,671 100.0% 30,707 100.0% 11,036 56.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,390 57.9% 16,600 54.1% 5,210 45.7 -3.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 5,055 25.7% 6,102 19.9% 1,047 20.7 -5.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,545 94.3% 27,964 91.1% 9,419 50.8 -3.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 893 4.5% 2,020 6.6% 1,127 126.2 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 219 1.1% 451 1.5% 232 105.9 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 14 0.1% 36 0.1% 22 157.1 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 79 0.4% 527 1.7% 448 567.1 1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 803 4.1% 1,450 4.7% 647 80.6 0.6 5-17.................. 2,369 12.0% 3,361 10.9% 992 41.9 -1.1 18-24.................. 7,465 37.9% 11,365 37.0% 3,900 52.2 -0.9 25-44.................. 4,047 20.6% 7,426 24.2% 3,379 83.5 3.6 45-64.................. 2,880 14.6% 3,917 12.8% 1,037 36.0 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 2,107 10.7% 3,188 10.4% 1,081 51.3 -0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,172 16.1% 4,811 15.7% 1,639 51.7 -0.5 40 AND OVER............ 5,755 29.3% 8,732 28.4% 2,978 51.7 -0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 23.6 24.2 0.5 2.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,714 $25,312 1,598 6.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,559 $32,377 -1,182 -3.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,120 $11,607 1,487 14.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,407 16.4% 5,277 21.5% 2,870 119.2 5.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,927 100.0% 10,250 100.0% 4,323 72.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,742 63.1% 5,606 54.7% 1,864 49.8 -8.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,411 40.7% 3,322 32.4% 911 37.8 -8.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,056 51.6% 4,426 43.2% 1,370 44.8 -8.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,399 23.6% 1,895 18.5% 496 35.5 -5.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 614 10.4% 970 9.5% 356 58.0 -0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 294 5.0% 590 5.8% 296 100.7 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,613 27.2% 2,909 28.4% 1,296 80.3 1.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -2.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,034 100.0% 14,531 100.0% 5,497 60.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,281 25.2% 3,864 26.6% 1,583 69.4 1.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,101 23.3% 4,167 28.7% 2,066 98.3 5.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,187 100.0% 15,447 100.0% 6,260 68.1 FEMALE................ 4,543 49.5% 7,474 48.4% 2,931 64.5 -1.1 EMPLOYED.............. 8,878 96.6% 14,735 95.4% 5,857 66.0 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,498 27.2% 4,300 27.8% 1,802 72.1 0.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,691 18.4% 2,456 15.9% 765 45.2 -2.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,170 100.0% 10,900 100.0% 4,730 76.7 OCCUPIED.............. 5,956 96.5% 10,310 94.6% 4,354 73.1 -1.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,938 49.3% 4,343 42.1% 1,405 47.8 -7.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $90,623 $102,239 11,616 12.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,018 50.7% 5,967 57.9% 2,949 97.7 7.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $347 $410 63 18.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,991 64.7% 5,534 50.8% 1,543 38.7 -13.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 16 0.3% 300 2.8% 2841775.0 2.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.3 1973.0 15.7 0.8 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