Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Richland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,078

Household (median)                                               38,968

Family (median)                                                  45,380

  Married couple families (mean)                                 56,774

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,085





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            81.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.0

  Black                                                            63.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                302

  Elementary or High School                                       1,315

  College                                                           509



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.1

  High school grad (%)                                             84.9

  College grad (%)                                                 36.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,995

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,297

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,904

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.3

  Mean Income                                                    64,145

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,714

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    656

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.5

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.9

  Labor (%)                                                         9.5





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