Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Cheswick borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,298

Household (median)                                               31,767

Family (median)                                                  37,177

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,956

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,244





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         224

  College                                                            96



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.8

  High school grad (%)                                             82.2

  College grad (%)                                                 26.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    917

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,374

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,207

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,112

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    435

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    131

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.0

  Labor (%)                                                        12.2





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