Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Freedom township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,267

Household (median)                                               21,726

Family (median)                                                  26,659

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,593

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,229





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             9.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 56

  Elementary or High School                                         522

  College                                                            44



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.5

  High school grad (%)                                             69.5

  College grad (%)                                                  7.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,344

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.2

  Mean Income                                                    12,685

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,695

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.1

  Mean Income                                                    35,756

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    554

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    266

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        32.3





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