Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Duncansville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,956

Household (median)                                               23,558

Family (median)                                                  29,076

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,852

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,718





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.7

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            92.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         205

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.0

  High school grad (%)                                             80.0

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    595

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,412

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,534

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.3

  Mean Income                                                    37,723

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    284

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    111

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.6

  Service (%)                                                      14.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.9

  Labor (%)                                                        16.5





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