Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Union

Municipality: West Buffalo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,361

Household (median)                                               25,094

Family (median)                                                  26,615

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,601

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,330





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         429

  College                                                            58



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.2

  High school grad (%)                                             59.8

  College grad (%)                                                  9.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,038

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.7

  Mean Income                                                    13,460

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,092

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,145

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    427

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    205

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.4

  Service (%)                                                      15.3

  Farming (%)                                                       6.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        37.6





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