Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Ellwood City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,041

Household (median)                                               16,577

Family (median)                                                  17,202

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,694

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,234





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            20.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.4

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         168

  College                                                            22



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 19.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    292

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 43.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                     9,471

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,215

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,525

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    147

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     61

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.6

  Service (%)                                                      20.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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