Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: McKees Rocks borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,701

Household (median)                                               16,255

Family (median)                                                  20,610

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,226

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,176





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            29.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            82.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.9

  Black                                                            89.9

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 57.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                114

  Elementary or High School                                       1,198

  College                                                           279



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.3

  High school grad (%)                                             63.7

  College grad (%)                                                 12.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,605

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                33.3

  Mean Income                                                     9,945

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    22,731

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            33.8

  Mean Income                                                    37,345

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,307

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    394

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.9

  Service (%)                                                      19.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        21.7





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