Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Cresson borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,390

Household (median)                                               21,977

Family (median)                                                  28,068

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,182

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,893





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            51.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       71.4

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         289

  College                                                            95



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.4

  High school grad (%)                                             78.6

  College grad (%)                                                 19.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    691

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,225

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,402

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,868

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    366

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    162

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.2

  Service (%)                                                      18.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.7

  Labor (%)                                                        19.4





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