Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Big Beaver borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,661

Household (median)                                               21,791

Family (median)                                                  24,223

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,124

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,465





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         307

  College                                                           103



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.7

  High school grad (%)                                             74.3

  College grad (%)                                                 17.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    853

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,963

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,875

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.0

  Mean Income                                                    41,358

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    431

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    163

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.5

  Labor (%)                                                        20.0





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