Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Coraopolis borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,126

Household (median)                                               21,865

Family (median)                                                  28,312

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,485

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,103





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.9

  Black                                                            14.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                157

  Elementary or High School                                         770

  College                                                           519



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.3

  High school grad (%)                                             73.7

  College grad (%)                                                 19.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,141

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,763

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.3

  Mean Income                                                    28,819

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.9

  Mean Income                                                    45,088

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,573

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    345

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.4

  Service (%)                                                      17.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.9

  Labor (%)                                                        14.6





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