Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Independence township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,192

Household (median)                                               27,446

Family (median)                                                  30,329

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,105

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,686





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.4

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 55

  Elementary or High School                                         499

  College                                                           129



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.8

  High school grad (%)                                             75.2

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,115

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.6

  Mean Income                                                    11,796

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.1

  Mean Income                                                    45,066

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.3

  Mean Income                                                    40,861

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    510

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    202

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.4

  Service (%)                                                      21.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.4

  Labor (%)                                                        19.3





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