Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Slippery Rock borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,370

Household (median)                                               25,167

Family (median)                                                  37,679

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,926

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,095





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                31.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            27.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            30.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            17.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         195

  College                                                         1,593



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.8

  High school grad (%)                                             84.2

  College grad (%)                                                 54.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,280

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            2.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 63.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,823

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,083

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    54,341

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    736

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   45.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.0

  Service (%)                                                      18.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.7

  Labor (%)                                                         3.9





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