Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Southwest Greensburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,640

Household (median)                                               24,929

Family (median)                                                  32,429

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,591

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,805





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.1

  Black                                                            26.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 19

  Elementary or High School                                         332

  College                                                           224



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.8

  High school grad (%)                                             85.2

  College grad (%)                                                 26.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,241

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.2

  Mean Income                                                    21,097

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.4

  Mean Income                                                    27,578

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,115

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    656

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    174

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        14.3





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