Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: East Conemaugh borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,648

Household (median)                                               16,213

Family (median)                                                  19,079

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,388

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,406





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            39.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.1

  Black                                                            36.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 36.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         235

  College                                                            42



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.4

  High school grad (%)                                             65.6

  College grad (%)                                                 10.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    524

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.4

  Mean Income                                                    14,575

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.3

  Mean Income                                                    20,726

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,404

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    274

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    102

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.8

  Service (%)                                                      26.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.3

  Labor (%)                                                        19.1





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