Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Mount Pleasant borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,552

Household (median)                                               18,482

Family (median)                                                  25,523

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,850

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,344





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.5

  Black                                                            13.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 40

  Elementary or High School                                         642

  College                                                           166



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.9

  High school grad (%)                                             72.1

  College grad (%)                                                 16.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,818

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,978

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,246

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.0

  Mean Income                                                    38,036

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    868

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    331

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.6

  Service (%)                                                      14.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.4





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