Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: West Perry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,510

Household (median)                                               25,101

Family (median)                                                  25,913

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,819

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,577





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                         181

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.1

  High school grad (%)                                             58.9

  College grad (%)                                                  6.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    436

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,282

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,765

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.9

  Mean Income                                                    34,007

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    174

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     83

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           13.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.7

  Farming (%)                                                      11.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        37.4





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