Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Huston township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,416

Household (median)                                               26,563

Family (median)                                                  29,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,598

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,151





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         279

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.2

  High school grad (%)                                             70.8

  College grad (%)                                                 10.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    505

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,016

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.3

  Mean Income                                                    34,079

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.4

  Mean Income                                                    38,194

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    198

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.9

  Service (%)                                                       8.5

  Farming (%)                                                      18.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        21.8





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