Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Prospect borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,271

Household (median)                                               22,305

Family (median)                                                  26,937

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,547

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,465





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         198

  College                                                            54



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.4

  High school grad (%)                                             78.6

  College grad (%)                                                 11.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    516

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,199

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,004

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.6

  Mean Income                                                    39,210

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    225

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     88

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.1

  Labor (%)                                                        23.3





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