Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Sewickley township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,852

Household (median)                                               22,784

Family (median)                                                  28,034

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,234

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,631





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 89

  Elementary or High School                                         980

  College                                                           307



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.7

  High school grad (%)                                             73.3

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,782

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,568

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,323

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.7

  Mean Income                                                    42,948

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,264

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    468

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.5

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.1

  Labor (%)                                                        19.8





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