Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Lower Tyrone township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,610

Household (median)                                               19,107

Family (median)                                                  21,705

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,525

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,503





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         205

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.6

  High school grad (%)                                             66.4

  College grad (%)                                                  8.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    356

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         20.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    12,994

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,287

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.1

  Mean Income                                                    35,590

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    175

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   15.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     64

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.8

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       3.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.9

  Labor (%)                                                        29.2





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