Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: West Beaver township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,635

Household (median)                                               22,557

Family (median)                                                  24,812

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,401

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,416





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         223

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.7

  High school grad (%)                                             62.3

  College grad (%)                                                  7.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    514

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           44.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    12,170

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,870

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.9

  Mean Income                                                    36,872

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    212

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    103

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           13.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       6.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.0

  Labor (%)                                                        40.5





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