Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lynchburg city GEOCODE:51-0760 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 66,743 100.0% 66,049 100.0% -694 -1.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 54,230 81.3% 49,870 75.5% -4,360 -8.0 -5.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,472 6.7% 5,928 9.0% 1,456 32.6 2.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 50,392 75.5% 47,898 72.5% -2,494 -4.9 -3.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 15,791 23.7% 17,518 26.5% 1,727 10.9 2.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 430 0.6% 443 0.7% 13 3.0 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 12 0.0% 97 0.1% 85 708.3 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 479 0.7% 432 0.7% -47 -9.8 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,049 6.1% 4,538 6.9% 489 12.1 0.8 5-17.................. 12,111 18.1% 10,467 15.8% -1,644 -13.6 -2.3 18-24.................. 10,925 16.4% 10,221 15.5% -704 -6.4 -0.9 25-44.................. 16,790 25.2% 18,312 27.7% 1,522 9.1 2.6 45-64.................. 13,548 20.3% 11,616 17.6% -1,932 -14.3 -2.7 65 AND OVER............ 9,320 14.0% 10,895 16.5% 1,575 16.9 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 16,160 24.2% 15,005 22.7% -1,155 -7.1 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 26,249 39.3% 26,680 40.4% 432 1.6 1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.7 33.1 2.4 7.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,153 $23,726 -2,427 -9.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,311 $30,141 -1,170 -3.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,778 $12,657 879 7.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,150 13.1% 9,889 16.4% 1,739 21.3 3.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 23,880 100.0% 24,923 100.0% 1,043 4.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 17,075 71.5% 16,202 65.0% -873 -5.1 -6.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,585 40.1% 8,716 35.0% -869 -9.1 -5.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 13,433 56.3% 11,744 47.1% -1,689 -12.6 -9.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,922 24.8% 4,749 19.1% -1,173 -19.8 -5.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,099 13.0% 3,796 15.2% 697 22.5 2.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,770 7.4% 2,261 9.1% 491 27.7 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,903 24.7% 7,637 30.6% 1,734 29.4 5.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -7.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 39,658 100.0% 40,823 100.0% 1,165 2.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,966 25.1% 10,204 25.0% 238 2.4 -0.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,429 18.7% 8,875 21.7% 1,446 19.5 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 31,736 100.0% 31,451 100.0% -285 -0.9 FEMALE................ 14,863 46.8% 15,233 48.4% 370 2.5 1.6 EMPLOYED.............. 30,318 95.5% 29,569 94.0% -749 -2.5 -1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,084 25.5% 8,099 25.8% 15 0.2 0.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,889 15.4% 5,191 16.5% 302 6.2 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 25,393 100.0% 27,233 100.0% 1,840 7.2 OCCUPIED.............. 23,940 94.3% 25,143 92.3% 1,203 5.0 -2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 14,804 61.8% 14,634 58.2% -170 -1.1 -3.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,467 $67,333 866 1.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,136 38.2% 10,509 41.8% 1,373 15.0 3.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $346 19 5.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 17,387 68.5% 17,929 65.8% 542 3.1 -2.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 502 2.0% 576 2.1% 74 14.7 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.7 1960.0 6.3 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