Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Beaver Falls city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,025

Household (median)                                               14,423

Family (median)                                                  19,079

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,708

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,764





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            24.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.3

  Black                                                            49.3

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 41.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                142

  Elementary or High School                                       1,561

  College                                                         1,130



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.4

  High school grad (%)                                             66.6

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,708

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 43.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                29.6

  Mean Income                                                    11,028

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,810

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.7

  Mean Income                                                    35,854

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,046

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    704

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.3

  Service (%)                                                      23.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.4

  Labor (%)                                                        18.1





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