Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Ben Avon borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,798

Household (median)                                               37,031

Family (median)                                                  43,598

  Married couple families (mean)                                 52,857

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,655





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.3

  Black                                                            12.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 48

  Elementary or High School                                         289

  College                                                           156



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.0

  High school grad (%)                                             91.0

  College grad (%)                                                 46.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,088

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 45.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,985

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.5

  Mean Income                                                    38,439

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.7

  Mean Income                                                    57,957

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    533

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   40.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.0

  Labor (%)                                                         6.6





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