Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Braddock borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,411

Household (median)                                               17,340

Family (median)                                                  20,585

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,006

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,723





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                56.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.6

  Black                                                            24.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 61

  Elementary or High School                                         641

  College                                                           300



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.5

  High school grad (%)                                             62.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,632

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    13,774

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                42.7

  Mean Income                                                    20,465

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            35.5

  Mean Income                                                    30,595

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    899

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    285

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.0

  Service (%)                                                      19.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        15.1





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