Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Penn Hills township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,082

Household (median)                                               32,325

Family (median)                                                  36,574

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,873

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,349





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                            11.0

  Other race                                                       27.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                              1,055

  Elementary or High School                                       7,659

  College                                                         3,316



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.6

  High school grad (%)                                             82.4

  College grad (%)                                                 26.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 24,617

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,046

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                    35,083

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.9

  Mean Income                                                    48,959

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                 12,178

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  4,022

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.3

  Service (%)                                                      14.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.0

  Labor (%)                                                        10.0





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