Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Fayette City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,359

Household (median)                                               16,845

Family (median)                                                  20,769

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,242

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,565





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            21.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            18.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 42.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          95

  College                                                            40



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    219

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,877

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.5

  Mean Income                                                    23,050

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            32.4

  Mean Income                                                    34,724

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    101

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     33

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.2

  Labor (%)                                                        22.4





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