Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Elgin borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,187

Household (median)                                               27,500

Family (median)                                                  31,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,153

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,836





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                          31

  College                                                             4



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.2

  High school grad (%)                                             75.8

  College grad (%)                                                  8.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     84

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.8

  Mean Income                                                    11,575

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.9

  Mean Income                                                    28,988

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.3

  Mean Income                                                    43,459

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     47

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     21

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           11.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       7.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.3

  Labor (%)                                                        36.9





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