Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Dale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,433

Household (median)                                               14,500

Family (median)                                                  22,222

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,323

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,033





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            17.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                94.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.9

  Black                                                            32.1

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            93.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         246

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.2

  High school grad (%)                                             65.8

  College grad (%)                                                  6.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    619

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    13,719

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    21,016

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,461

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    311

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    130

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.7

  Service (%)                                                      27.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.0

  Labor (%)                                                        20.0





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