Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Center township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,945

Household (median)                                               34,978

Family (median)                                                  38,653

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,300

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,946





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.7

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             6.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                233

  Elementary or High School                                       1,699

  College                                                           767



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.2

  High school grad (%)                                             81.8

  College grad (%)                                                 29.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,204

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,510

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,034

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.9

  Mean Income                                                    51,240

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,427

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    909

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.4

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        13.5





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