Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Dayton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,887

Household (median)                                               20,700

Family (median)                                                  22,283

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,357

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,829





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         118

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.3

  High school grad (%)                                             77.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    205

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,154

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,398

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.5

  Mean Income                                                    28,229

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     87

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     32

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.0

  Service (%)                                                      17.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





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