Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Brighton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,908

Household (median)                                               36,463

Family (median)                                                  40,187

  Married couple families (mean)                                 54,134

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,868





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.6

  Black                                                            63.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.3

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                171

  Elementary or High School                                       1,237

  College                                                           301



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.3

  High school grad (%)                                             76.7

  College grad (%)                                                 27.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,993

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.0

  Mean Income                                                    21,815

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                    58,219

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.2

  Mean Income                                                    55,037

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,360

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    566

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.4

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        14.4





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