Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Stewart township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,243

Household (median)                                               18,235

Family (median)                                                  20,833

  Married couple families (mean)                                 24,789

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           2,769





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            23.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                30.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         111

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              42.9

  High school grad (%)                                             57.1

  College grad (%)                                                  9.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    245

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         16.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.2

  Mean Income                                                     9,349

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,581

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.3

  Mean Income                                                    31,024

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    101

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     49

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.3

  Service (%)                                                      20.0

  Farming (%)                                                       7.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        22.0





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