Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Edinboro borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        6,977

Household (median)                                               20,990

Family (median)                                                  33,085

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,770

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,842





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            38.7

  Black                                                            28.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 75

  Elementary or High School                                         621

  College                                                         4,740



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.5

  High school grad (%)                                             90.5

  College grad (%)                                                 50.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,960

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 55.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.9

  Mean Income                                                    23,305

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,459

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,428

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,756

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    330

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      23.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.9

  Labor (%)                                                         8.5





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