Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Rochester township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,113

Household (median)                                               26,319

Family (median)                                                  29,613

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,700

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,567





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  Black                                                             7.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 84

  Elementary or High School                                         452

  College                                                            95



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.2

  High school grad (%)                                             78.8

  College grad (%)                                                 15.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,414

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,947

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,305

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.7

  Mean Income                                                    40,610

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    660

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    308

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.2

  Service (%)                                                      14.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.8

  Labor (%)                                                        18.0





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