Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Oakdale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,702

Household (median)                                               32,368

Family (median)                                                  41,078

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,026

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,237





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                            30.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         262

  College                                                           101



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.9

  High school grad (%)                                             82.1

  College grad (%)                                                 18.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    958

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.8

  Mean Income                                                    21,592

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    29,914

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.4

  Mean Income                                                    51,109

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    452

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    144

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.5

  Service (%)                                                      15.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.9

  Labor (%)                                                        16.1





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