Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Buffalo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,163

Household (median)                                               33,750

Family (median)                                                  37,804

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,186

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,517





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            37.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                116

  Elementary or High School                                       1,215

  College                                                           355



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.8

  High school grad (%)                                             80.2

  College grad (%)                                                 19.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,998

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,129

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.5

  Mean Income                                                    33,275

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.2

  Mean Income                                                    49,634

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,355

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    593

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        18.7





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