Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Allegheny township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,487

Household (median)                                               31,156

Family (median)                                                  34,740

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,473

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,093





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.0

  Black                                                            56.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                192

  Elementary or High School                                       1,243

  College                                                           347



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.5

  High school grad (%)                                             80.5

  College grad (%)                                                 19.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,508

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,719

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.0

  Mean Income                                                    34,742

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.8

  Mean Income                                                    46,234

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,497

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    593

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.1

  Labor (%)                                                        18.9





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