Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Tyrone borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,054

Household (median)                                               20,283

Family (median)                                                  27,510

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,845

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,452





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 88

  Elementary or High School                                         953

  College                                                           164



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.8

  High school grad (%)                                             73.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,155

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,218

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.9

  Mean Income                                                    20,613

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,061

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,140

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    523

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.4





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