Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Lower Burrell city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,587

Household (median)                                               25,852

Family (median)                                                  31,702

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,356

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,472





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.6

  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 (%)                            56.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                282

  Elementary or High School                                       1,732

  College                                                           584



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.8

  High school grad (%)                                             80.2

  College grad (%)                                                 20.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,324

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,966

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,605

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.9

  Mean Income                                                    45,968

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,517

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    916

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.2

  Labor (%)                                                        17.0





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