Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Allegheny

Municipality: Ross township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,810

Household (median)                                               36,388

Family (median)                                                  42,087

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,656

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,451





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             9.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                618

  Elementary or High School                                       4,063

  College                                                         2,134



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.5

  High school grad (%)                                             85.5

  College grad (%)                                                 35.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 17,032

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.1

  Mean Income                                                    27,558

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    41,872

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.9

  Mean Income                                                    57,435

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  8,280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  2,203

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   34.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.9

  Labor (%)                                                         7.4





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