Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Edgewood borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,807

Household (median)                                               33,423

Family (median)                                                  50,280

  Married couple families (mean)                                 61,889

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,845





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                39.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 87

  Elementary or High School                                         407

  College                                                           367



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.3

  High school grad (%)                                             90.7

  College grad (%)                                                 56.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,879

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 57.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,068

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.5

  Mean Income                                                    47,849

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.6

  Mean Income                                                    68,795

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    983

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    282

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   58.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.3

  Service (%)                                                       7.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.5

  Labor (%)                                                         3.3





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