Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Frankstown township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,708

Household (median)                                               37,428

Family (median)                                                  40,584

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,318

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,820





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            13.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.9

  Black                                                            30.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                151

  Elementary or High School                                       1,344

  College                                                           360



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.1

  High school grad (%)                                             83.9

  College grad (%)                                                 27.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,405

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,799

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.0

  Mean Income                                                    47,681

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.4

  Mean Income                                                    61,778

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,437

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    634

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.2

  Labor (%)                                                        14.6





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