Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Redstone township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,538

Household (median)                                               15,752

Family (median)                                                  19,053

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,471

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,161





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            29.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            27.8

  Black                                                            58.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 49.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 46

  Elementary or High School                                       1,108

  College                                                           303



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.5

  High school grad (%)                                             64.5

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,876

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            8.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         15.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                38.1

  Mean Income                                                    13,029

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.7

  Mean Income                                                    34,227

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            28.2

  Mean Income                                                    41,718

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    917

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    328

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        18.5





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