Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: New Brighton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,429

Household (median)                                               17,543

Family (median)                                                  24,304

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,886

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,650





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            23.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            69.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            24.9

  Black                                                            28.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 35.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 85

  Elementary or High School                                       1,118

  College                                                           382



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.5

  High school grad (%)                                             76.5

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,556

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    13,316

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.5

  Mean Income                                                    19,567

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.6

  Mean Income                                                    37,571

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,311

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    523

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.0

  Service (%)                                                      17.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  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