Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Tyrone township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,061

Household (median)                                               26,806

Family (median)                                                  30,107

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,887

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,566





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         316

  College                                                            40



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.0

  High school grad (%)                                             80.0

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    782

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,342

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    30,190

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.5

  Mean Income                                                    42,761

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    348

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    155

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                      10.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        17.9





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