Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wauwatosa city GEOCODE:55-2705 WI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 51,308 100.0% 49,366 100.0% -1,942 -3.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 43,303 84.4% 39,843 80.7% -3,460 -8.0 -3.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,957 3.8% 1,991 4.0% 34 1.7 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 50,786 99.0% 48,232 97.7% -2,554 -5.0 -1.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 256 0.5% 595 1.2% 339 132.4 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 162 0.3% 387 0.8% 225 138.9 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 41 0.1% 90 0.2% 49 119.5 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 337 0.7% 345 0.7% 8 2.4 0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,645 5.2% 3,293 6.7% 648 24.5 1.5 5-17.................. 9,174 17.9% 7,620 15.4% -1,554 -16.9 -2.4 18-24.................. 5,281 10.3% 2,939 6.0% -2,342 -44.3 -4.3 25-44.................. 12,826 25.0% 16,212 32.8% 3,386 26.4 7.8 45-64.................. 12,175 23.7% 9,526 19.3% -2,649 -21.8 -4.4 65 AND OVER............ 9,207 17.9% 9,776 19.8% 569 6.2 1.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,819 23.0% 10,913 22.1% -906 -7.7 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 24,015 46.8% 22,931 46.5% -1,084 -4.5 -0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.9 37.8 0.9 2.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $39,776 $40,041 265 0.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $46,273 $47,647 1,374 3.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $17,531 $19,065 1,534 8.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,298 2.6% 1,558 3.3% 260 20.0 0.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 19,323 100.0% 19,875 100.0% 552 2.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 14,054 72.7% 13,331 67.1% -723 -5.1 -5.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,392 43.4% 8,456 42.5% 64 0.8 -0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 12,312 63.7% 11,535 58.0% -777 -6.3 -5.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,135 26.6% 4,816 24.2% -319 -6.2 -2.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,401 7.3% 1,436 7.2% 35 2.5 -0.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 631 3.3% 637 3.2% 6 1.0 -0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,630 24.0% 5,722 28.8% 1,092 23.6 4.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 34,208 100.0% 35,514 100.0% 1,306 3.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 11,362 33.2% 8,034 22.6% -3,328 -29.3 -10.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 9,820 28.7% 13,658 38.5% 3,838 39.1 9.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 25,793 100.0% 25,245 100.0% -548 -2.1 FEMALE................ 11,590 44.9% 12,125 48.0% 535 4.6 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 25,166 97.6% 24,674 97.7% -492 -2.0 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,555 33.2% 10,240 40.6% 1,685 19.7 7.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,681 10.4% 2,024 8.0% -657 -24.5 -2.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 19,613 100.0% 20,289 100.0% 676 3.4 OCCUPIED.............. 19,260 98.2% 19,848 97.8% 588 3.1 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 13,520 70.2% 13,634 68.7% 114 0.8 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $114,513 $94,948 -19,565 -17.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,740 29.8% 6,214 31.3% 474 8.3 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $471 $526 55 11.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 13,586 69.3% 13,122 64.7% -464 -3.4 -4.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1947.4 1949.0 1.6 0.1 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