Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: West Sunbury borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,993

Household (median)                                               18,500

Family (median)                                                  22,143

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,081

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,861





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            20.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          24

  College                                                             4



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.1

  High school grad (%)                                             78.9

  College grad (%)                                                 26.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     69

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            5.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.0

  Mean Income                                                    15,395

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    31,642

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,960

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     36

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     25

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                      14.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.2

  Labor (%)                                                        21.7





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