Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: South Connellsville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,646

Household (median)                                               19,221

Family (median)                                                  22,114

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,199

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,984





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         371

  College                                                            75



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.9

  High school grad (%)                                             71.1

  College grad (%)                                                  8.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    773

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    13,936

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,229

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            39.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,426

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    365

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    179

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.9

  Service (%)                                                      18.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        24.6





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