Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Menallen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,515

Household (median)                                               19,263

Family (median)                                                  22,518

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,946

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,739





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            22.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                79.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            25.1

  Black                                                            42.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 38.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 51

  Elementary or High School                                         824

  College                                                           183



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 15.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,586

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    13,443

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,038

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,662

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    686

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    287

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.9

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.9

  Labor (%)                                                        16.6





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