Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: West Kittanning borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,788

Household (median)                                               23,397

Family (median)                                                  29,792

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,016

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,923





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.9

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         164

  College                                                            62



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.6

  High school grad (%)                                             78.4

  College grad (%)                                                 18.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    507

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,993

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.5

  Mean Income                                                    31,740

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.9

  Mean Income                                                    50,965

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    247

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     92

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.9

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.1





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