Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Roanoke city GEOCODE:51-1045 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 100,220 100.0% 96,397 100.0% -3,823 -3.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 83,848 83.7% 76,506 79.4% -7,342 -8.8 -4.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,545 1.5% 1,938 2.0% 393 25.4 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 77,636 77.5% 71,982 74.7% -5,654 -7.3 -2.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 22,030 22.0% 23,286 24.2% 1,256 5.7 2.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 329 0.3% 782 0.8% 453 137.7 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 78 0.1% 167 0.2% 89 114.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 582 0.6% 719 0.7% 137 23.5 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 6,351 6.3% 6,798 7.1% 447 7.0 0.7 5-17.................. 18,051 18.0% 14,655 15.2% -3,396 -18.8 -2.8 18-24.................. 11,974 11.9% 9,089 9.4% -2,885 -24.1 -2.5 25-44.................. 26,307 26.2% 31,422 32.6% 5,115 19.4 6.3 45-64.................. 21,835 21.8% 17,962 18.6% -3,873 -17.7 -3.2 65 AND OVER............ 15,702 15.7% 16,471 17.1% 769 4.9 1.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 24,402 24.3% 21,453 22.3% -2,949 -12.1 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 42,281 42.2% 40,758 42.3% -1,523 -3.6 0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.9 35.2 2.3 6.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,667 $22,591 -76 -0.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,320 $28,203 -117 -0.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,642 $12,513 871 7.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 16,140 16.3% 15,238 16.1% -902 -5.6 -0.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 40,016 100.0% 41,064 100.0% 1,048 2.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 27,277 68.2% 25,704 62.6% -1,573 -5.8 -5.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 13,587 34.0% 13,945 34.0% 358 2.6 0.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 20,506 51.2% 18,031 43.9% -2,475 -12.1 -7.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 8,471 21.2% 7,053 17.2% -1,418 -16.7 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 5,667 14.2% 6,165 15.0% 498 8.8 0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,079 7.7% 3,149 7.7% 70 2.3 -0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 11,202 28.0% 13,233 32.2% 2,031 18.1 4.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -6.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 63,844 100.0% 65,855 100.0% 2,011 3.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 19,367 30.3% 19,103 29.0% -264 -1.4 -1.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 8,008 12.5% 10,306 15.6% 2,298 28.7 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 46,386 100.0% 48,031 100.0% 1,645 3.5 FEMALE................ 21,235 45.8% 23,424 48.8% 2,189 10.3 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 43,674 94.2% 45,400 94.5% 1,726 4.0 0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,606 18.6% 9,449 19.7% 843 9.8 1.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 7,083 15.3% 7,157 14.9% 74 1.0 -0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 42,686 100.0% 44,384 100.0% 1,698 4.0 OCCUPIED.............. 40,023 93.8% 41,030 92.4% 1,007 2.5 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 23,776 59.4% 23,234 56.6% -542 -2.3 -2.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,685 $64,637 4,952 8.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 16,247 40.6% 17,796 43.4% 1,549 9.5 2.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $308 $336 28 9.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 28,044 65.7% 27,364 61.7% -680 -2.4 -4.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 230 0.5% 378 0.9% 148 64.3 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.1 1956.0 3.9 0.2 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