Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: West St. Clair township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,779

Household (median)                                               21,146

Family (median)                                                  22,852

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,850

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,766





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            16.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            35.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         326

  College                                                            21



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.1

  High school grad (%)                                             69.9

  College grad (%)                                                  8.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    608

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    12,673

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.7

  Mean Income                                                    23,393

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,819

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    238

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    122

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.3

  Service (%)                                                      15.0

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.4

  Labor (%)                                                        28.9





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