Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Leetsdale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,586

Household (median)                                               21,570

Family (median)                                                  27,578

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,241

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,120





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.8

  Black                                                            53.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         177

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.2

  High school grad (%)                                             76.8

  College grad (%)                                                 19.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    553

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,275

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,412

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.3

  Mean Income                                                    46,154

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    285

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     94

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.6

  Labor (%)                                                        17.7





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