Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Hermitage city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,334

Household (median)                                               27,020

Family (median)                                                  32,320

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,158

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,433





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                            30.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                196

  Elementary or High School                                       2,231

  College                                                           671



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.9

  High school grad (%)                                             79.1

  College grad (%)                                                 22.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,369

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,091

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.5

  Mean Income                                                    34,357

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.9

  Mean Income                                                    45,907

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,055

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,112

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.6

  Labor (%)                                                        16.8





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