Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Elizabeth township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,010

Household (median)                                               30,542

Family (median)                                                  34,392

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,810

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,618





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                            31.3

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                242

  Elementary or High School                                       2,214

  College                                                           762



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.7

  High school grad (%)                                             82.3

  College grad (%)                                                 24.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,462

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,494

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,358

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.8

  Mean Income                                                    48,617

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,058

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,027

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.0

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        12.6





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