Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Redbank township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,155

Household (median)                                               20,174

Family (median)                                                  22,619

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,230

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,467





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         226

  College                                                            36



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.0

  High school grad (%)                                             65.0

  College grad (%)                                                  8.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    402

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.3

  Mean Income                                                    12,490

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.4

  Mean Income                                                    27,092

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.3

  Mean Income                                                    33,543

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    181

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     94

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.2

  Farming (%)                                                       5.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.4

  Labor (%)                                                        33.8





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