Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Monongahela city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,347

Household (median)                                               18,849

Family (median)                                                  23,614

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,340

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,948





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.9

  Black                                                             1.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            83.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 44

  Elementary or High School                                         633

  College                                                           208



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.5

  High school grad (%)                                             68.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,755

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,896

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,043

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.8

  Mean Income                                                    46,143

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    911

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    279

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      20.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        20.1





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