Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Brentwood borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,290

Household (median)                                               27,698

Family (median)                                                  36,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,907

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,310





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            78.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                183

  Elementary or High School                                       1,284

  College                                                           643



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.0

  High school grad (%)                                             81.0

  College grad (%)                                                 24.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,159

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,139

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    30,538

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.0

  Mean Income                                                    47,497

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,556

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    769

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           42.0

  Service (%)                                                      13.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.6

  Labor (%)                                                        11.5





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