Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Connellsville township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,667

Household (median)                                               23,766

Family (median)                                                  27,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,095

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,445





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            49.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 54

  Elementary or High School                                         472

  College                                                           101



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.5

  High school grad (%)                                             69.5

  College grad (%)                                                 15.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    891

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,851

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    32,404

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.1

  Mean Income                                                    42,739

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    447

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    186

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.3

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.4

  Labor (%)                                                        20.1





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