Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Ashville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,236

Household (median)                                               21,818

Family (median)                                                  26,538

  Married couple families (mean)                                 61,168

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,806





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          31

  College                                                            12



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.6

  High school grad (%)                                             58.4

  College grad (%)                                                  7.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    108

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,331

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,130

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.0

  Mean Income                                                    74,763

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     40

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     19

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             24.1

  Labor (%)                                                        35.2





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