Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Center township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,885

Household (median)                                               32,118

Family (median)                                                  37,361

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,674

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          35,294





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                114

  Elementary or High School                                       1,001

  College                                                           372



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.6

  High school grad (%)                                             78.4

  College grad (%)                                                 24.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,935

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.5

  Mean Income                                                    32,680

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.7

  Mean Income                                                    34,693

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.8

  Mean Income                                                    51,476

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,293

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    432

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        16.6





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