Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Elizabeth borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,563

Household (median)                                               21,888

Family (median)                                                  27,550

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,769

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,521





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.2

  Black                                                             2.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         226

  College                                                            76



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.9

  High school grad (%)                                             78.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    709

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    20,424

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.1

  Mean Income                                                    22,371

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,107

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    383

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    128

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.9

  Service (%)                                                      16.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        14.0





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