Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: North Buffalo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,833

Household (median)                                               25,313

Family (median)                                                  28,523

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,838

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,005





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                         548

  College                                                            92



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.5

  High school grad (%)                                             74.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,269

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,448

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,509

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.9

  Mean Income                                                    41,975

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    589

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    231

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.0

  Service (%)                                                      15.6

  Farming (%)                                                       5.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.9

  Labor (%)                                                        24.5





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