Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Tioga

Municipality: Westfield borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,142

Household (median)                                               16,838

Family (median)                                                  25,547

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,098

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,318





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         188

  College                                                            22



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    399

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,790

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,808

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.8

  Mean Income                                                    33,414

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    204

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     79

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        26.6





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