Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Fairfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,012

Household (median)                                               19,828

Family (median)                                                  24,394

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,395

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,115





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.4

  Black                                                            42.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         411

  College                                                            98



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.4

  High school grad (%)                                             72.6

  College grad (%)                                                 12.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    861

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,241

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,829

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.4

  Mean Income                                                    34,822

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    340

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    160

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.2

  Service (%)                                                      17.8

  Farming (%)                                                       5.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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