Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Valley township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,160

Household (median)                                               27,917

Family (median)                                                  30,577

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,596

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,803





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                26.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         177

  College                                                            32



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.9

  High school grad (%)                                             76.1

  College grad (%)                                                 10.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    315

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.0

  Mean Income                                                    13,033

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    28,420

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.1

  Mean Income                                                    35,356

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    138

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     78

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.6

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       5.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.0

  Labor (%)                                                        24.1





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