Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Perry
Municipality: New Buffalo borough
INCOME
Per Capita 10,853
Household (median) 25,893
Family (median) 28,750
Married couple families (mean) 38,628
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 19,171
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 4.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 0.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 0.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 5.6
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 25.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 100.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 0.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 0
Elementary or High School 31
College 4
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 20.0
High school grad (%) 80.0
College grad (%) 12.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 81
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 9.9
Employed in service industry (%) 9.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 1.2
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 4.9
Mean Income 16,224
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 31.7
Mean Income 19,095
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 63.4
Mean Income 44,820
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 40
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 14
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 13.6
Sales and suppport (%) 32.1
Service (%) 16.0
Farming (%) 1.2
Craft and Repair (%) 19.8
Labor (%) 17.3
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