Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Collier township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,853

Household (median)                                               29,669

Family (median)                                                  36,304

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,909

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,610





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            87.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 88

  Elementary or High School                                         555

  College                                                           198



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.3

  High school grad (%)                                             68.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,927

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,223

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.0

  Mean Income                                                    32,761

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.3

  Mean Income                                                    50,104

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    890

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    260

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.4

  Labor (%)                                                        16.0





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