Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: West Mead township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,632

Household (median)                                               25,933

Family (median)                                                  30,692

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,679

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,010





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                            51.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                154

  Elementary or High School                                         963

  College                                                           217



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.5

  High school grad (%)                                             79.5

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,368

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.9

  Mean Income                                                    17,292

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,991

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.0

  Mean Income                                                    44,390

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,171

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    495

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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