Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: New Sewickley township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,787

Household (median)                                               29,049

Family (median)                                                  31,243

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,595

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,592





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            12.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 63

  Elementary or High School                                       1,350

  College                                                           277



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,175

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,273

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    24,018

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.6

  Mean Income                                                    40,537

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,461

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    573

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       4.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.7

  Labor (%)                                                        18.3





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