Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Economy borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,056

Household (median)                                               35,304

Family (median)                                                  37,857

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,706

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,746





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.4

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            48.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                209

  Elementary or High School                                       1,638

  College                                                           448



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.1

  High school grad (%)                                             81.9

  College grad (%)                                                 26.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,418

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.1

  Mean Income                                                    20,010

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,657

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.8

  Mean Income                                                    47,326

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,017

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    786

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.8

  Service (%)                                                      13.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        11.5





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