Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: South Buffalo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,897

Household (median)                                               32,370

Family (median)                                                  34,182

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,632

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,297





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         516

  College                                                           143



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              11.7

  High school grad (%)                                             88.3

  College grad (%)                                                 20.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,190

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,132

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.9

  Mean Income                                                    27,927

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.4

  Mean Income                                                    56,484

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    462

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    200

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.8

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                       3.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.7

  Labor (%)                                                        17.3





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