Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Pitcairn borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,539

Household (median)                                               21,142

Family (median)                                                  28,104

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,458

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,615





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 32.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 65

  Elementary or High School                                         692

  College                                                           244



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.5

  High school grad (%)                                             74.5

  College grad (%)                                                 18.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,832

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.9

  Mean Income                                                    12,501

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,528

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.2

  Mean Income                                                    39,191

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    927

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    319

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.1

  Service (%)                                                      18.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        13.6





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