Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Union

Municipality: East Buffalo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,668

Household (median)                                               45,565

Family (median)                                                  50,913

  Married couple families (mean)                                 67,866

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,504





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.6

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                131

  Elementary or High School                                         687

  College                                                         1,120



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.4

  High school grad (%)                                             87.6

  College grad (%)                                                 49.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,391

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 47.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.1

  Mean Income                                                    30,314

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    59,268

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.8

  Mean Income                                                    72,305

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,089

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    385

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   45.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.1

  Labor (%)                                                         7.7





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