Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Hovey township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,733

Household (median)                                               30,625

Family (median)                                                  33,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,138

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          11

  College                                                             0



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              43.1

  High school grad (%)                                             56.9

  College grad (%)                                                  4.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     43

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                  9.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         18.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,289

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                14.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,883

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.4

  Mean Income                                                    34,669

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     22

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                      3

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    4.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.9

  Service (%)                                                      23.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        34.9





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