Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Bethel Park borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,603

Household (median)                                               41,149

Family (median)                                                  46,719

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,110

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,247





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.7

  Black                                                             9.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                899

  Elementary or High School                                       5,008

  College                                                         2,313



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.3

  High school grad (%)                                             89.7

  College grad (%)                                                 40.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 16,761

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,696

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    44,428

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.8

  Mean Income                                                    59,640

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  7,573

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,609

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   37.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.3

  Labor (%)                                                         6.7





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