Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Gilpin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,130

Household (median)                                               25,230

Family (median)                                                  30,871

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,721

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,974





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.9

  Black                                                            58.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 45

  Elementary or High School                                         422

  College                                                            99



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.9

  High school grad (%)                                             64.1

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,060

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    22,304

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.5

  Mean Income                                                    34,599

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.3

  Mean Income                                                    48,216

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    401

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    137

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.3

  Labor (%)                                                        26.5





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