Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Wesleyville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,751

Household (median)                                               24,000

Family (median)                                                  27,949

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,949

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,356





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       63.2

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            27.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 73

  Elementary or High School                                         637

  College                                                           179



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.8

  High school grad (%)                                             75.2

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,649

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,543

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.1

  Mean Income                                                    23,354

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

  Mean Income                                                    40,823

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    789

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    310

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.1

  Service (%)                                                      17.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        24.4





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