Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Smithton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,531

Household (median)                                               18,026

Family (median)                                                  31,563

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,354

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           2,780





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          32

  College                                                             5



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.8

  High school grad (%)                                             69.2

  College grad (%)                                                 19.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    134

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,027

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                51.4

  Mean Income                                                    29,474

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            35.2

  Mean Income                                                    41,589

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     64

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     13

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       4.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.9

  Labor (%)                                                        10.4





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