Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Beaver borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,803

Household (median)                                               29,213

Family (median)                                                  36,852

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,991

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,826





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                             8.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                134

  Elementary or High School                                         657

  College                                                           305



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.5

  High school grad (%)                                             87.5

  College grad (%)                                                 35.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,988

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    27,153

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.5

  Mean Income                                                    50,360

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.3

  Mean Income                                                    54,221

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    999

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    256

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   36.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.9

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.4

  Labor (%)                                                         8.9





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