Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Beaver
Municipality: Rochester borough
INCOME
Per Capita 9,294
Household (median) 18,819
Family (median) 24,219
Married couple families (mean) 29,236
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 11,582
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 17.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 74.7
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 66.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 21.6
Black 27.1
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 13.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 100.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 32.2
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 59
Elementary or High School 690
College 204
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 34.4
High school grad (%) 65.6
College grad (%) 13.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,587
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 17.7
Employed in service industry (%) 35.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 14.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.7
Mean Income 11,991
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 30.7
Mean Income 25,759
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 49.6
Mean Income 32,315
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 890
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 13.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 306
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.1
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.3
Sales and suppport (%) 32.2
Service (%) 16.8
Farming (%) 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 8.6
Labor (%) 22.1
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