Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Forward township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,860

Household (median)                                               29,115

Family (median)                                                  32,292

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,283

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,552





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            29.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.5

  Black                                                            37.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            49.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 56

  Elementary or High School                                         521

  College                                                           238



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.0

  High school grad (%)                                             76.0

  College grad (%)                                                 15.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,770

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,270

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,773

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.4

  Mean Income                                                    47,123

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    792

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    222

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.0

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       3.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        19.4





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