Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Moon township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,134

Household (median)                                               42,016

Family (median)                                                  49,097

  Married couple families (mean)                                 58,319

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,506





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                            13.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            27.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                364

  Elementary or High School                                       2,777

  College                                                         1,942



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              10.4

  High school grad (%)                                             89.6

  College grad (%)                                                 38.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 10,375

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,671

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    50,953

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.4

  Mean Income                                                    59,778

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,836

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,364

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   34.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.0

  Service (%)                                                      14.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.0

  Labor (%)                                                         7.0





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