Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Dunbar township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,051

Household (median)                                               19,798

Family (median)                                                  24,460

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,011

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,470





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.3

  Black                                                            25.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 31.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 66

  Elementary or High School                                       1,455

  College                                                           239



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 10.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,626

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,368

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.1

  Mean Income                                                    23,626

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,663

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,225

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    520

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       3.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        27.8





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