Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Avalon borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,262

Household (median)                                               22,670

Family (median)                                                  28,199

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,573

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,598





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.9

  Black                                                            18.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 80

  Elementary or High School                                         649

  College                                                           316



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.1

  High school grad (%)                                             78.9

  College grad (%)                                                 20.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,608

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            8.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,967

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,307

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,863

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,299

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    374

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.0

  Service (%)                                                      18.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.9

  Labor (%)                                                        12.6





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996