Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Elder township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,371

Household (median)                                               18,875

Family (median)                                                  22,917

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,583

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,004





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            12.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         224

  College                                                            52



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.8

  High school grad (%)                                             58.2

  College grad (%)                                                  6.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    373

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,045

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,601

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.3

  Mean Income                                                    32,530

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    153

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     59

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.9

  Service (%)                                                      15.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             24.7

  Labor (%)                                                        28.4





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