Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Glassport borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,766

Household (median)                                               20,146

Family (median)                                                  25,785

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,203

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,487





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.7

  Black                                                            63.0

  Other race                                                       32.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 76

  Elementary or High School                                         717

  College                                                           284



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.7

  High school grad (%)                                             69.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,045

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    15,840

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,332

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,526

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    987

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    358

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.9

  Service (%)                                                      18.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        19.6





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