2022 population: 25,523
( 721 from 2010
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176 from 2020)
Land area: 14.5 square miles
Population density: 1758.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 21,137 | 82.82% | ![]() |
Black: | 2,120 | 8.31% | ![]() |
Indian: | 73 | 0.29% | ![]() |
Asian: | 513 | 2.01% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 588 | 2.30% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 1,092 | 4.28% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 4,386 | 17.18% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 643 | 12.7 |
Deaths: | 994 | 19.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 441 | 8.7 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 71 | 1.4 |
Change in White population: | -516 | -2.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,237 | 5.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 11,096 | |
Median Value | $231,900 | |
Occupied | 10,045 | 90.5% |
Vacant | 1,051 | 9.5% |
Owned | 6,426 | 64.0% |
Rented | 3,619 | 36.0% |
Median Rent | $1,053 | |
Single-Family Units | 8,381 | 75.5% |
Detached | 7,914 | 71.3% |
Attached | 467 | 4.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,789 | 16.1% |
Mobile Homes | 217 | 2.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 433 | 4.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 302 | 3.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 380 | 3.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 441 | 4.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 347 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 479 | 4.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 343 | 3.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 266 | 2.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 563 | 5.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 834 | 8.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,082 | 10.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,260 | 12.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,151 | 11.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 703 | 7.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 752 | 7.5% |
$200,000 or more | 709 | 7.1% |
Median Household Income | 68,402 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,991 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 88 | |
Compared to U.S. | 87 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 575 | 5.7% |
Public Assistance | 276 | 2.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 795 | 7.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 11,231 | 71.1% |
Unemployed | 404 | 2.6% |
In Armed Forces | 69 | 0.4% |
Total Labor Force | 11,704 | 74.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,084 | 25.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,759 | 3,775 | 55.8% |
Non-Profit | 409 | 846 | 32.6% |
Self-Employed | 426 | 178 | 70.5% |
Local Government | 377 | 433 | 46.5% |
State Government | 255 | 356 | 41.7% |
Federal Government | 341 | 312 | 52.2% |
Total Private + Self | 5,185 | 3,953 | 56.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,382 | 1,947 | 41.5% |
Total | 6,567 | 5,900 | 52.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,847 | 14.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,787 | 22.3% |
Professional, Technical | 3,164 | 25.3% |
Service Occupations | 2,144 | 17.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 18 | 0.1% |
All others | 2,541 | 20.4% |
White Collar | 62.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,230 | 17.9% |
Educational services | 1,576 | 12.6% |
Manufacturing | 1,329 | 10.6% |
Retail trade | 1,130 | 9.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 847 | 6.8% |
Construction | 730 | 5.8% |
Other services | 640 | 5.1% |
Finance and insurance | 638 | 5.1% |
Public administration | 604 | 4.8% |
Wholesale trade | 522 | 4.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 513 | 4.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 446 | 3.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 370 | 3.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 306 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 244 | 2.0% |
Utilities | 164 | 1.3% |
Information | 142 | 1.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 26 | 0.2% |
Management | 14 | 0.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 12 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 414 | 1.63% |
Puerto Rican | 164 | 0.65% |
Cuban | 36 | 0.14% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 138 | 0.54% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 5 | 0.02% |
Honduran | 88 | 0.35% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 28 | 0.11% |
Salvadoran | 17 | 0.07% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 64 | 0.25% |
Argentinean | 4 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 6 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 18 | 0.07% |
Ecuadorian | 29 | 0.11% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 7 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 141 | 0.56% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 192 | 0.76% |
Filipino | 105 | 0.41% |
Indian | 82 | 0.32% |
Japanese | 24 | 0.09% |
Korean | 17 | 0.07% |
Vietnamese | 4 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 23,162 | 95.1% |
Spanish | 495 | 2.0% |
German, other Germanic | 151 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European | 149 | 0.6% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 132 | 0.5% |
Tagalog | 73 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 64 | 0.3% |
Arabic | 62 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 44 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 3,534 | 13.9% |
American | 3,020 | 11.9% |
German | 2,974 | 11.7% |
Irish | 1,969 | 7.8% |
Italian | 839 | 3.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 777 | 3.1% |
Scottish | 628 | 2.5% |
French | 407 | 1.6% |
Polish | 276 | 1.1% |
Welsh | 250 | 1.0% |
European | 184 | 0.7% |
African | 134 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 120 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 98 | 0.4% |
British | 83 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 24,771 | 97.6% |
Not a citizen | 601 | 2.4% |
Native | 24,318 | 95.8% |
Foreign-born | 1,054 | 4.2% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
360 | 2.1% | 692 | 4.0% | 4,685 | 27.1% | 5,944 | 34.3% | 3,331 | 19.2% | 2,299 | 13.3% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 360 | 2.1% |
9-12 Years | 692 | 4.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 4,685 | 27.1% |
Some College | 5,944 | 34.3% |
Bach. Degree | 3,331 | 19.2% |
Grad Degree | 2,299 | 13.3% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 12,735 | 12,328 | 407 | 3.2% | 4.4% |
1991 | 13,231 | 12,527 | 704 | 5.3% | 5.8% |
1992 | 13,240 | 12,579 | 661 | 5.0% | 6.2% |
1993 | 13,294 | 12,819 | 475 | 3.6% | 5.2% |
1994 | 13,539 | 13,148 | 391 | 2.9% | 4.8% |
1995 | 13,738 | 13,394 | 344 | 2.5% | 4.4% |
1996 | 14,141 | 13,806 | 335 | 2.4% | 4.3% |
1997 | 13,982 | 13,584 | 398 | 2.8% | 3.7% |
1998 | 13,815 | 13,492 | 323 | 2.3% | 2.8% |
1999 | 13,481 | 13,270 | 211 | 1.6% | 2.7% |
2000 | 12,978 | 12,730 | 248 | 1.9% | 2.3% |
2001 | 13,042 | 12,662 | 380 | 2.9% | 3.3% |
2002 | 13,279 | 12,749 | 530 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
2003 | 12,844 | 12,318 | 526 | 4.1% | 4.3% |
2004 | 12,540 | 12,072 | 468 | 3.7% | 4.1% |
2005 | 12,749 | 12,310 | 439 | 3.4% | 3.8% |
2006 | 13,066 | 12,643 | 423 | 3.2% | 3.3% |
2007 | 13,378 | 12,950 | 428 | 3.2% | 3.3% |
2008 | 13,630 | 13,093 | 537 | 3.9% | 4.3% |
2009 | 13,346 | 12,476 | 870 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
2010 | 12,806 | 11,904 | 902 | 7.0% | 7.3% |
2011 | 12,814 | 12,001 | 813 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
2012 | 12,896 | 12,145 | 751 | 5.8% | 5.9% |
2013 | 13,052 | 12,310 | 742 | 5.7% | 5.6% |
2014 | 13,166 | 12,499 | 667 | 5.1% | 5.1% |
2015 | 12,816 | 12,258 | 558 | 4.4% | 4.4% |
2016 | 12,909 | 12,409 | 500 | 3.9% | 4.0% |
2017 | 13,101 | 12,617 | 484 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
2018 | 12,963 | 12,583 | 380 | 2.9% | 2.9% |
2019 | 12,953 | 12,607 | 346 | 2.7% | 2.7% |
2020 | 12,671 | 11,938 | 733 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
2021 | 12,579 | 12,129 | 450 | 3.6% | 3.9% |
2022 | 12,905 | 12,531 | 374 | 2.9% | 2.9% |
2023 | 13,249 | 12,859 | 390 | 2.9% | 2.9% |