Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: West Pike Run township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,657

Household (median)                                               24,018

Family (median)                                                  28,622

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,718

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,433





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  Black                                                            19.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         315

  College                                                            85



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.9

  High school grad (%)                                             70.1

  College grad (%)                                                 16.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    637

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,143

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,139

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,822

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    139

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.6

  Labor (%)                                                        21.0





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