Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Midway borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,076

Household (median)                                               26,146

Family (median)                                                  29,940

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,658

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,162





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.9

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         156

  College                                                            34



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.9

  High school grad (%)                                             71.1

  College grad (%)                                                  8.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    439

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,931

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    26,727

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,697

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    200

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     77

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.3

  Service (%)                                                      19.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.5

  Labor (%)                                                        25.1





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