Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: North Braddock borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,270

Household (median)                                               18,550

Family (median)                                                  25,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,875

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,007





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            17.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.7

  Black                                                            37.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 39.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 34

  Elementary or High School                                       1,090

  College                                                           363



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.9

  High school grad (%)                                             70.1

  College grad (%)                                                 10.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,526

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                    14,897

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,803

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.8

  Mean Income                                                    45,377

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,281

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    433

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.8

  Service (%)                                                      19.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  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