Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Homestead borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,564

Household (median)                                               11,390

Family (median)                                                  20,388

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,715

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,630





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            25.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            29.3

  Black                                                            33.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            89.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 48.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 89

  Elementary or High School                                         599

  College                                                           211



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.4

  High school grad (%)                                             59.6

  College grad (%)                                                  8.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,317

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 44.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    11,809

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,424

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.1

  Mean Income                                                    31,575

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    706

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    277

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.1

  Service (%)                                                      32.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.4

  Labor (%)                                                        13.7





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