Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Masontown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,917

Household (median)                                               18,470

Family (median)                                                  23,140

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,825

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,464





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            20.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.6

  Black                                                            42.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            27.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         630

  College                                                           137



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.5

  High school grad (%)                                             59.5

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,042

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                37.0

  Mean Income                                                    14,994

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.3

  Mean Income                                                    30,804

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            30.7

  Mean Income                                                    43,043

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    549

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    183

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.3

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.5

  Labor (%)                                                        15.4





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