Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Freedom borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,589

Household (median)                                               18,575

Family (median)                                                  21,518

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,467

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,114





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.0

  Black                                                            45.9

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         379

  College                                                            61



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 10.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    736

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.3

  Mean Income                                                    13,966

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,379

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,469

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    369

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    144

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.8

  Service (%)                                                      17.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.9

  Labor (%)                                                        29.2





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