Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Union
Municipality: Buffalo township
INCOME
Per Capita 10,470
Household (median) 24,114
Family (median) 27,460
Married couple families (mean) 37,113
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 16,784
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 10.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 70.7
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 20.7
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 15.9
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 20.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 60.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 22.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 39
Elementary or High School 565
College 32
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 30.8
High school grad (%) 69.2
College grad (%) 14.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,422
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 30.6
Employed in service industry (%) 27.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.2
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.4
Mean Income 13,450
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 22.7
Mean Income 18,000
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 62.9
Mean Income 44,663
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 629
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 263
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.6
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 11.5
Sales and suppport (%) 17.9
Service (%) 17.0
Farming (%) 9.6
Craft and Repair (%) 13.0
Labor (%) 30.9
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