Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Portersville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,408

Household (median)                                               24,659

Family (median)                                                  25,313

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,765

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,697





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                          56

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.0

  High school grad (%)                                             78.0

  College grad (%)                                                 14.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    141

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,027

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,630

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,426

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     69

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     39

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.2

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.5

  Labor (%)                                                        19.1





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