Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Point Marion borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,346

Household (median)                                               17,670

Family (median)                                                  23,875

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,810

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,892





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.4

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 38.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         223

  College                                                            34



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.2

  High school grad (%)                                             69.8

  College grad (%)                                                 16.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    461

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 41.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    15,771

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    22,184

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.4

  Mean Income                                                    38,490

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    248

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    100

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.9

  Service (%)                                                      17.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.8

  Labor (%)                                                        12.4





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