Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Mercer
Municipality: West Middlesex borough
INCOME
Per Capita 10,620
Household (median) 22,000
Family (median) 27,308
Married couple families (mean) 32,184
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 16,549
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 9.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 79.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 42.1
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.6
Black 14.3
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.6
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 25.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 19.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 10
Elementary or High School 149
College 32
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 23.5
High school grad (%) 76.5
College grad (%) 17.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 434
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 25.3
Employed in service industry (%) 30.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.9
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.8
Mean Income 16,092
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 29.5
Mean Income 26,437
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 50.7
Mean Income 39,026
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 210
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.3
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 81
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.2
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.7
Sales and suppport (%) 25.3
Service (%) 17.3
Farming (%) 1.2
Craft and Repair (%) 10.1
Labor (%) 24.4
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