Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Patterson Heights borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,410

Household (median)                                               31,071

Family (median)                                                  37,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 52,056

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             9.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                          90

  College                                                            40



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.8

  High school grad (%)                                             90.2

  College grad (%)                                                 37.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    260

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 41.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.6

  Mean Income                                                    20,576

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.9

  Mean Income                                                    55,432

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.5

  Mean Income                                                    55,413

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    117

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     49

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   35.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.4

  Service (%)                                                       8.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.0

  Labor (%)                                                        10.8





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