Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Upper Tyrone township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,465

Household (median)                                               19,259

Family (median)                                                  23,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,289

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,681





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            39.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         373

  College                                                            56



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.7

  High school grad (%)                                             62.3

  College grad (%)                                                  9.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    706

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    13,644

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,512

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.6

  Mean Income                                                    37,023

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    322

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      16.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.7

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





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