Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Fayette
Municipality: Fairchance borough
INCOME
Per Capita 8,349
Household (median) 16,875
Family (median) 20,352
Married couple families (mean) 26,712
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 11,990
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 19.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 79.8
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 31.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 24.6
Black 5.3
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 15.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 64.2
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 37.2
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 30
Elementary or High School 342
College 64
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 33.9
High school grad (%) 66.1
College grad (%) 10.6
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 594
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 11.1
Employed in service industry (%) 28.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 13.9
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 25.0
Mean Income 13,897
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 38.0
Mean Income 22,051
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 36.9
Mean Income 34,153
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 273
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 11.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 113
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.9
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.7
Sales and suppport (%) 35.0
Service (%) 16.0
Farming (%) 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 14.1
Labor (%) 17.2
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