Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Latrobe borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,702

Household (median)                                               23,500

Family (median)                                                  31,790

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,869

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,951





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            79.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                154

  Elementary or High School                                       1,224

  College                                                           393



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.3

  High school grad (%)                                             76.7

  College grad (%)                                                 20.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,930

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,163

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                    30,353

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.4

  Mean Income                                                    45,106

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,003

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    700

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.9

  Labor (%)                                                        16.2





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