Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Upper Burrell township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,282

Household (median)                                               31,214

Family (median)                                                  35,812

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,942

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,302





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 51

  Elementary or High School                                         430

  College                                                            91



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.7

  High school grad (%)                                             79.3

  College grad (%)                                                 19.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,029

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,695

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,021

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.6

  Mean Income                                                    49,384

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    447

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    171

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.0

  Labor (%)                                                        19.2





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