Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: West Franklin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,928

Household (median)                                               27,326

Family (median)                                                  31,719

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,006

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,731





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                48.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         376

  College                                                            73



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.5

  High school grad (%)                                             76.5

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    879

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,900

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    27,334

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.6

  Mean Income                                                    40,991

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    390

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    181

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                      12.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.9

  Labor (%)                                                        24.7





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