Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Liberty borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,234

Household (median)                                               25,728

Family (median)                                                  30,600

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,545

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,884





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         413

  College                                                           136



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.4

  High school grad (%)                                             77.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,099

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.9

  Mean Income                                                    17,367

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,116

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.9

  Mean Income                                                    41,502

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    514

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    219

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.0

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        14.0





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