Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Castle Shannon borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,539

Household (median)                                               28,660

Family (median)                                                  32,271

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,461

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,539





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                90.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                141

  Elementary or High School                                       1,073

  College                                                           653



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.3

  High school grad (%)                                             83.7

  College grad (%)                                                 21.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,673

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,353

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.0

  Mean Income                                                    31,511

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,533

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,238

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    621

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           44.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.0

  Labor (%)                                                        10.1





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