Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Mount Oliver borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,898

Household (median)                                               18,619

Family (median)                                                  22,930

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,168

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,366





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         619

  College                                                           247



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.4

  High school grad (%)                                             61.6

  College grad (%)                                                 10.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,832

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,171

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    25,346

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.0

  Mean Income                                                    37,751

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    911

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    283

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.6

  Service (%)                                                      19.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        15.2





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