Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wenatchee city GEOCODE:53-1405 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,257 100.0% 21,824 100.0% 4,567 26.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,673 79.2% 17,443 79.9% 3,770 27.6 0.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 666 3.9% 572 2.6% -94 -14.1 -1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 16,681 96.7% 19,931 91.3% 3,250 19.5 -5.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 13 0.1% 47 0.2% 34 261.5 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 96 0.6% 246 1.1% 150 156.3 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 245 1.4% 267 1.2% 22 9.0 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 382 2.2% 1,936 8.9% 1,554 406.8 6.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,158 6.7% 1,681 7.7% 523 45.2 1.0 5-17.................. 2,975 17.2% 3,862 17.7% 887 29.8 0.5 18-24.................. 2,268 13.1% 2,014 9.2% -254 -11.2 -3.9 25-44.................. 4,198 24.3% 6,668 30.6% 2,470 58.8 6.2 45-64.................. 3,629 21.0% 3,754 17.2% 125 3.4 -3.8 65 AND OVER............ 3,029 17.6% 3,845 17.6% 816 26.9 0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,133 23.9% 5,543 25.4% 1,410 34.1 1.4 40 AND OVER............ 7,429 43.0% 8,940 41.0% 1,512 20.3 -2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.0 34.6 1.7 5.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,769 $22,806 -2,963 -11.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,303 $29,345 -4,958 -14.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,839 $12,215 -624 -4.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,952 11.6% 4,028 18.9% 2,076 106.4 7.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,131 100.0% 9,029 100.0% 1,898 26.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,593 64.4% 5,731 63.5% 1,138 24.8 -0.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,554 35.8% 3,266 36.2% 712 27.9 0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,824 53.6% 4,584 50.8% 760 19.9 -2.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,608 22.5% 1,985 22.0% 377 23.4 -0.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 657 9.2% 959 10.6% 302 46.0 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 512 7.2% 712 7.9% 200 39.1 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,224 31.2% 2,862 31.7% 638 28.7 0.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.4 0.0 1.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,856 100.0% 14,267 100.0% 3,411 31.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,885 35.8% 3,914 27.4% 29 0.7 -8.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,710 15.8% 2,437 17.1% 727 42.5 1.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,482 100.0% 10,341 100.0% 1,859 21.9 FEMALE................ 3,791 44.7% 4,898 47.4% 1,107 29.2 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 7,699 90.8% 9,394 90.8% 1,695 22.0 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,736 20.5% 2,378 23.0% 642 37.0 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,087 12.8% 1,259 12.2% 172 15.8 -0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,676 100.0% 9,492 100.0% 1,816 23.7 OCCUPIED.............. 7,125 92.8% 9,004 94.9% 1,879 26.4 2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,999 56.1% 4,966 55.2% 967 24.2 -1.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $76,461 $73,100 -3,361 -4.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,126 43.9% 4,038 44.8% 912 29.2 1.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $357 $355 -2 -0.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,088 66.3% 5,918 62.3% 830 16.3 -3.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 197 2.6% 505 5.3% 308 156.3 2.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1949.7 1958.0 8.3 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