Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Forest Hills borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,739

Household (median)                                               38,577

Family (median)                                                  43,739

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,216

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,693





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.2

  Black                                                            38.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                210

  Elementary or High School                                         861

  College                                                           528



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              11.7

  High school grad (%)                                             88.3

  College grad (%)                                                 43.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,682

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 46.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,419

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.2

  Mean Income                                                    51,862

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.4

  Mean Income                                                    61,116

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,821

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    597

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   44.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.1

  Labor (%)                                                         5.6





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