Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Sutersville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,690

Household (median)                                               19,850

Family (median)                                                  24,107

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,132

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,503





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            14.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 42.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         104

  College                                                            26



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.2

  High school grad (%)                                             66.8

  College grad (%)                                                 12.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    262

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    17,705

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,112

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            31.8

  Mean Income                                                    41,697

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    120

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     29

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.2

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.1

  Labor (%)                                                        15.6





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