Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Brownsville township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,398

Household (median)                                               17,917

Family (median)                                                  21,563

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,680

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,463





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.9

  Black                                                            28.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 41.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         131

  College                                                            50



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 12.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    267

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         15.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                32.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,713

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.8

  Mean Income                                                    35,902

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.0

  Mean Income                                                    37,825

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    148

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   16.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     53

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.0

  Service (%)                                                      16.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.5





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