Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Blawnox borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,475

Household (median)                                               21,178

Family (median)                                                  32,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,685

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,131





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            95.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 36

  Elementary or High School                                         157

  College                                                           104



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 23.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    798

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,116

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,703

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.7

  Mean Income                                                    42,279

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    424

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     96

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        10.7





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