Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Saltlick township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,545

Household (median)                                               20,851

Family (median)                                                  22,049

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,440

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,167





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            81.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         591

  College                                                           146



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.6

  High school grad (%)                                             65.4

  College grad (%)                                                 10.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,255

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    15,337

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,480

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.2

  Mean Income                                                    40,182

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    528

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    191

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.6

  Farming (%)                                                       7.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        25.2





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