Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Brownstown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,505

Household (median)                                               23,500

Family (median)                                                  27,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,281

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,582





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            81.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         140

  College                                                            44



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                  8.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    370

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,153

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,955

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.0

  Mean Income                                                    38,839

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    182

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        20.3





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