Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Ebensburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,676

Household (median)                                               25,576

Family (median)                                                  31,869

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,830

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,775





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         627

  College                                                           226



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.3

  High school grad (%)                                             80.7

  College grad (%)                                                 30.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,578

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 47.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,190

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,119

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.8

  Mean Income                                                    52,044

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    809

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    322

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.1

  Service (%)                                                      22.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.1

  Labor (%)                                                        10.4





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