Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: McCandless township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,254

Household (median)                                               46,887

Family (median)                                                  53,055

  Married couple families (mean)                                 67,382

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,108





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            26.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                986

  Elementary or High School                                       4,215

  College                                                         2,017



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.6

  High school grad (%)                                             89.4

  College grad (%)                                                 48.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 14,351

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.3

  Mean Income                                                    32,048

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.4

  Mean Income                                                    60,271

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.3

  Mean Income                                                    72,237

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  6,808

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   44.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.8

  Service (%)                                                       7.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.4

  Labor (%)                                                         4.8





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