Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Heidelberg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,028

Household (median)                                               22,056

Family (median)                                                  29,306

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,454

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,330





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.6

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         118

  College                                                            66



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.8

  High school grad (%)                                             68.2

  College grad (%)                                                 12.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    576

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,848

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    27,067

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,406

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     77

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.5

  Service (%)                                                      22.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.6

  Labor (%)                                                        17.2





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