Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Dormont borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,448

Household (median)                                               27,661

Family (median)                                                  33,323

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,237

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,077





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.0

  Black                                                            25.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                132

  Elementary or High School                                       1,320

  College                                                           627



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.2

  High school grad (%)                                             80.8

  College grad (%)                                                 27.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,138

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            8.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    20,481

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                    27,755

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.5

  Mean Income                                                    45,603

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,751

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    863

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           40.9

  Service (%)                                                      16.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.5

  Labor (%)                                                         8.9





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