Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: New Stanton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,307

Household (median)                                               30,417

Family (median)                                                  34,519

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,032

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,057





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                90.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 37

  Elementary or High School                                         277

  College                                                           164



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.4

  High school grad (%)                                             81.6

  College grad (%)                                                 25.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,185

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,453

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.3

  Mean Income                                                    34,202

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.6

  Mean Income                                                    43,410

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    554

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    152

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.1

  Labor (%)                                                        19.7





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