Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Hempfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,359

Household (median)                                               29,856

Family (median)                                                  34,708

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,265

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,011





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                            31.1

  Other race                                                       38.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            49.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                680

  Elementary or High School                                       6,802

  College                                                         2,657



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.3

  High school grad (%)                                             79.7

  College grad (%)                                                 25.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 19,784

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,939

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    35,304

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.0

  Mean Income                                                    48,834

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  9,357

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  3,555

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.6

  Labor (%)                                                        14.3





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