Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Indiana
Municipality: West Wheatfield township
INCOME
Per Capita 8,277
Household (median) 20,500
Family (median) 24,035
Married couple families (mean) 26,127
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 8,439
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 15.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 65.4
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 27.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 17.0
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 64.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 19.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 64
Elementary or High School 519
College 102
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 34.2
High school grad (%) 65.8
College grad (%) 8.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 740
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 18.2
Employed in service industry (%) 20.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 15.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 23.6
Mean Income 12,326
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 33.4
Mean Income 26,215
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 43.0
Mean Income 33,034
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 327
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 16.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 212
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.6
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 11.4
Sales and suppport (%) 16.1
Service (%) 16.2
Farming (%) 0.9
Craft and Repair (%) 22.7
Labor (%) 32.7
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