Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Leechburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,065

Household (median)                                               20,476

Family (median)                                                  27,574

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,777

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,301





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         297

  College                                                            66



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.2

  High school grad (%)                                             67.8

  College grad (%)                                                 14.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    900

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,087

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.8

  Mean Income                                                    33,281

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,511

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    384

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.1

  Service (%)                                                      18.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        21.9





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