Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Patterson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,537

Household (median)                                               28,632

Family (median)                                                  31,272

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,666

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,006





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                22.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            39.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         451

  College                                                           166



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.9

  High school grad (%)                                             86.1

  College grad (%)                                                 22.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,360

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,001

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,931

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.7

  Mean Income                                                    50,523

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    592

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    187

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.4

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.6

  Labor (%)                                                        13.5





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