Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Chest Springs borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,072

Household (median)                                               18,542

Family (median)                                                  27,917

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,122

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,334





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                25.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  1

  Elementary or High School                                          35

  College                                                             5



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.1

  High school grad (%)                                             67.9

  College grad (%)                                                  8.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     61

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            0.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,994

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,724

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.9

  Mean Income                                                    39,677

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     28

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     12

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.3

  Labor (%)                                                        19.7





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