Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Nicholson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,420

Household (median)                                               18,687

Family (median)                                                  19,937

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,702

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,751





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.5

  Black                                                            21.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         347

  College                                                            74



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              42.1

  High school grad (%)                                             57.9

  College grad (%)                                                  9.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    585

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.2

  Mean Income                                                    12,161

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,281

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,433

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    228

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    113

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.6

  Service (%)                                                      14.5

  Farming (%)                                                       5.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             23.1

  Labor (%)                                                        26.2





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