Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Hunker borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,384

Household (median)                                               25,114

Family (median)                                                  29,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,540

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          52

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.8

  High school grad (%)                                             77.2

  College grad (%)                                                  9.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    170

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    14,629

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    26,813

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.7

  Mean Income                                                    33,948

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     81

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   18.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     48

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      30.0

  Farming (%)                                                       8.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        14.1





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