Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: West Mayfield borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,843

Household (median)                                               19,397

Family (median)                                                  23,365

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,389

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,116





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            32.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         223

  College                                                            71



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.6

  High school grad (%)                                             66.4

  College grad (%)                                                 10.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    509

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,100

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,312

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,151

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    252

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     89

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.2

  Service (%)                                                      22.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.6

  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