Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Vanderbilt borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        6,910

Household (median)                                               15,417

Family (median)                                                  18,462

  Married couple families (mean)                                 21,890

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,925





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            23.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            26.0

  Black                                                            43.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 31.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                          97

  College                                                            22



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.6

  High school grad (%)                                             73.4

  College grad (%)                                                  6.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    166

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         22.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    14,584

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                44.2

  Mean Income                                                    21,849

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            26.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,017

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     96

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   27.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     44

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                            9.6

  Service (%)                                                      27.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.4

  Labor (%)                                                        34.3





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