Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Snyder township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,775

Household (median)                                               19,953

Family (median)                                                  22,196

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,043

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,882





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         577

  College                                                           120



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.8

  High school grad (%)                                             67.2

  College grad (%)                                                  9.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,284

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,691

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,651

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.8

  Mean Income                                                    30,670

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    605

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.5

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        33.8





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