Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Martinsburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,705

Household (median)                                               21,774

Family (median)                                                  27,382

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,285

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,667





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            82.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         317

  College                                                            47



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.2

  High school grad (%)                                             77.8

  College grad (%)                                                 20.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    871

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.4

  Mean Income                                                    17,595

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    26,582

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.0

  Mean Income                                                    41,661

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    434

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.3

  Service (%)                                                      14.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.5

  Labor (%)                                                        23.1





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