Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Roaring Spring borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,048

Household (median)                                               25,844

Family (median)                                                  34,563

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,573

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,209





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            35.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 40

  Elementary or High School                                         438

  College                                                            92



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.5

  High school grad (%)                                             83.5

  College grad (%)                                                 16.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,198

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,389

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,355

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.2

  Mean Income                                                    46,129

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    596

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    231

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.0

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.6

  Labor (%)                                                        31.8





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