Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Taylor township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,482

Household (median)                                               26,389

Family (median)                                                  29,554

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,091

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,810





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            48.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         484

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.9

  High school grad (%)                                             75.1

  College grad (%)                                                 11.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,092

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,341

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,023

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.0

  Mean Income                                                    38,589

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    453

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    182

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       8.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.1

  Labor (%)                                                        29.9





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