Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: West Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,027

Household (median)                                               29,258

Family (median)                                                  32,257

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,151

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,099





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            12.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.7

  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 (%)                            48.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 63

  Elementary or High School                                         654

  College                                                           106



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.8

  High school grad (%)                                             66.2

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,630

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,886

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    31,781

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.3

  Mean Income                                                    44,779

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    669

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    306

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.4

  Labor (%)                                                        28.2





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