Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: Vandergrift borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,609

Household (median)                                               20,114

Family (median)                                                  25,413

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,305

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,939





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.0

  Black                                                            21.9

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 36.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 73

  Elementary or High School                                         843

  College                                                           154



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 12.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,074

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,840

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,858

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            34.0

  Mean Income                                                    41,107

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,001

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    402

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                      15.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.6





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