Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Newell borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,213

Household (median)                                               22,857

Family (median)                                                  26,979

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,736

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           3,600





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          89

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.4

  High school grad (%)                                             72.6

  College grad (%)                                                 14.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    175

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.4

  Mean Income                                                    13,285

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.3

  Mean Income                                                    28,258

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.3

  Mean Income                                                    36,797

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     80

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     31

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        26.3





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