Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Beaver township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,585

Household (median)                                               24,500

Family (median)                                                  28,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,055

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,178





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                48.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            14.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                23.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         188

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.9

  High school grad (%)                                             65.1

  College grad (%)                                                  7.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    394

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    12,531

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,557

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,539

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    169

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     69

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.0

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.3

  Labor (%)                                                        36.5





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