Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Bell Acres borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       28,923

Household (median)                                               35,729

Family (median)                                                  41,548

  Married couple families (mean)                                 98,564

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            14.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 29

  Elementary or High School                                         236

  College                                                            82



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.9

  High school grad (%)                                             81.1

  College grad (%)                                                 35.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    623

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.7

  Mean Income                                                    26,644

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.3

  Mean Income                                                   136,195

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.1

  Mean Income                                                    90,540

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    266

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     92

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.9

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        10.6





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