Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,570

Household (median)                                               33,219

Family (median)                                                  36,886

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,592

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,900





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                            88.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                386

  Elementary or High School                                       2,920

  College                                                           828



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.7

  High school grad (%)                                             82.3

  College grad (%)                                                 28.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,335

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,846

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,955

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.4

  Mean Income                                                    51,002

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,402

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,412

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.4

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.9

  Labor (%)                                                        13.0





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