Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Dunbar borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,019

Household (median)                                               19,437

Family (median)                                                  24,279

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,302

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,888





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 34.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         185

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.1

  High school grad (%)                                             71.9

  College grad (%)                                                  9.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    421

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.5

  Mean Income                                                    16,320

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                39.7

  Mean Income                                                    23,006

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,841

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    222

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     91

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        30.4





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