Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Brownsville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,995

Household (median)                                               11,791

Family (median)                                                  20,423

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,288

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           3,047





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            27.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            33.1

  Black                                                            36.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                23.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 49.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         429

  College                                                           164



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.8

  High school grad (%)                                             63.2

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    855

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         18.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                37.3

  Mean Income                                                    11,869

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,540

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            30.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,503

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    482

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   16.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    132

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.0

  Service (%)                                                      18.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        10.9





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