Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: East Rochester borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,682

Household (median)                                               21,875

Family (median)                                                  25,865

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,783

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,835





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.0

  Black                                                            53.3

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                          90

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.6

  High school grad (%)                                             67.4

  College grad (%)                                                 11.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    272

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,662

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.3

  Mean Income                                                    25,070

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.0

  Mean Income                                                    42,709

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    150

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     51

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        28.3





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