Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Westmoreland

Municipality: West Newton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,407

Household (median)                                               18,949

Family (median)                                                  23,726

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,846

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,619





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.9

  Black                                                            29.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 43.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                         596

  College                                                            83



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.3

  High school grad (%)                                             77.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,099

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,212

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    27,326

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,957

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    559

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    189

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.3

  Service (%)                                                      18.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.5

  Labor (%)                                                        16.9





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