Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Blair township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,994

Household (median)                                               31,150

Family (median)                                                  34,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,445

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,046





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            26.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                108

  Elementary or High School                                         667

  College                                                           132



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.5

  High school grad (%)                                             77.5

  College grad (%)                                                 22.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,824

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.4

  Mean Income                                                    18,620

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,226

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.8

  Mean Income                                                    46,732

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    891

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    339

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        17.1





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