Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Rostraver township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,587

Household (median)                                               25,615

Family (median)                                                  30,227

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,119

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,253





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                            48.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                143

  Elementary or High School                                       1,719

  College                                                           696



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.7

  High school grad (%)                                             77.3

  College grad (%)                                                 19.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,517

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,559

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,433

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.8

  Mean Income                                                    44,913

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,196

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    839

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.4

  Service (%)                                                      14.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        16.8





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