Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Bellevue borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,327

Household (median)                                               23,742

Family (median)                                                  29,698

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,790

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,126





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                            11.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                121

  Elementary or High School                                         928

  College                                                           565



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.2

  High school grad (%)                                             78.8

  College grad (%)                                                 26.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,423

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.1

  Mean Income                                                    20,372

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,095

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.2

  Mean Income                                                    60,598

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,453

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    547

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           41.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.5

  Labor (%)                                                         9.0





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