Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Cambria
Municipality: Cresson township
INCOME
Per Capita 10,336
Household (median) 25,601
Family (median) 26,607
Married couple families (mean) 33,719
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 7,768
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 14.7
Families w/children in poverty (%) 84.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 74.7
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 15.8
Black 100.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 19.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 50.8
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 20.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 23
Elementary or High School 491
College 297
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 27.4
High school grad (%) 72.6
College grad (%) 16.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 994
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 18.0
Employed in service industry (%) 33.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 6.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 20.9
Mean Income 11,878
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 30.3
Mean Income 28,340
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 48.8
Mean Income 38,153
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 467
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 193
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.7
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 23.6
Sales and suppport (%) 25.9
Service (%) 16.6
Farming (%) 0.7
Craft and Repair (%) 11.0
Labor (%) 22.2
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