Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: South Heights borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,685

Household (median)                                               24,107

Family (median)                                                  27,321

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,577

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,861





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         108

  College                                                            44



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.7

  High school grad (%)                                             74.3

  College grad (%)                                                 16.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    305

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.7

  Mean Income                                                    13,835

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    29,266

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.6

  Mean Income                                                    47,264

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    142

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     50

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.5

  Service (%)                                                      19.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.8

  Labor (%)                                                        11.8





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