Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Avonmore borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,566

Household (median)                                               21,058

Family (median)                                                  26,932

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,501

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,156





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            26.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         105

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 14.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    424

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           40.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,532

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,806

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.0

  Mean Income                                                    44,033

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    198

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     64

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.2

  Service (%)                                                      19.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        27.8





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