Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Plum borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,413

Household (median)                                               36,782

Family (median)                                                  39,767

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,839

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,516





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.3

  Black                                                             1.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                626

  Elementary or High School                                       4,281

  College                                                         1,761



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.2

  High school grad (%)                                             86.8

  College grad (%)                                                 31.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 13,535

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,687

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    34,967

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.0

  Mean Income                                                    50,355

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  6,323

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,406

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        10.2





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