Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Bridgeville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,712

Household (median)                                               25,288

Family (median)                                                  34,948

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,212

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,277





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                            21.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 74

  Elementary or High School                                         598

  College                                                           197



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 16.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,548

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.2

  Mean Income                                                    19,363

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    34,624

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.8

  Mean Income                                                    45,675

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,245

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    283

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.4

  Service (%)                                                      17.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.3

  Labor (%)                                                        16.9





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