Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Brackenridge borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,300

Household (median)                                               22,223

Family (median)                                                  30,993

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,408

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,699





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.3

  Black                                                            66.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 57

  Elementary or High School                                         520

  College                                                           116



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.1

  High school grad (%)                                             68.9

  College grad (%)                                                 15.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,465

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                23.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,636

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    28,529

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.2

  Mean Income                                                    41,062

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    716

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    218

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                      17.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.0

  Labor (%)                                                        21.2





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