Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Fairview township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,275

Household (median)                                               27,803

Family (median)                                                  31,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,983

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,461





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         449

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.1

  High school grad (%)                                             75.9

  College grad (%)                                                 13.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    786

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,269

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,670

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.2

  Mean Income                                                    40,194

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    338

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.8

  Labor (%)                                                        28.6





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