Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Rural Valley borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,678

Household (median)                                               21,875

Family (median)                                                  24,940

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,539

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,348





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            31.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         151

  College                                                            37



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.6

  High school grad (%)                                             77.4

  College grad (%)                                                 16.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    385

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    15,432

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,170

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,838

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    178

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     66

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.0

  Service (%)                                                      15.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.2

  Labor (%)                                                        17.7





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