As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $29,256, and the median income for a family was $37,179.
There were 2,622 households of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.0% were non-families.