Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Perryopolis borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,493

Household (median)                                               22,262

Family (median)                                                  27,389

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,451

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,152





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                         262

  College                                                            70



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.7

  High school grad (%)                                             70.3

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    701

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,430

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.4

  Mean Income                                                    26,889

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.9

  Mean Income                                                    41,873

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    334

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    142

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.0





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