Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Forward township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,378

Household (median)                                               30,556

Family (median)                                                  34,091

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,279

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,002





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             8.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         437

  College                                                           134



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.8

  High school grad (%)                                             77.2

  College grad (%)                                                 19.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,150

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,126

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.3

  Mean Income                                                    33,213

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.7

  Mean Income                                                    45,649

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    483

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    189

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.9

  Service (%)                                                      14.3

  Farming (%)                                                       4.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        23.7





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