Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: New Alexandria borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,120

Household (median)                                               29,250

Family (median)                                                  32,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,407

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,419





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.6

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         124

  College                                                            20



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.0

  High school grad (%)                                             87.0

  College grad (%)                                                 21.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    257

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,127

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,676

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.2

  Mean Income                                                    46,939

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    132

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     57

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        17.5





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