Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Elderton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,250

Household (median)                                               25,962

Family (median)                                                  28,958

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,241

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,382





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            69.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  1

  Elementary or High School                                          53

  College                                                            10



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.1

  High school grad (%)                                             73.9

  College grad (%)                                                 13.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    158

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    19,714

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,538

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.8

  Mean Income                                                    40,887

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     79

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     36

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.6

  Service (%)                                                      19.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        22.2





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