Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: West Easton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,245

Household (median)                                               30,708

Family (median)                                                  34,271

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,903

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,117





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         156

  College                                                            47



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.6

  High school grad (%)                                             64.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    579

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.4

  Mean Income                                                    20,330

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,836

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.4

  Mean Income                                                    44,105

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    276

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     88

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                      15.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.2

  Labor (%)                                                        21.6





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