Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Ferndale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,486

Household (median)                                               24,028

Family (median)                                                  28,687

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,289

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,906





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 40

  Elementary or High School                                         339

  College                                                            73



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.1

  High school grad (%)                                             81.9

  College grad (%)                                                 17.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    894

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,538

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.3

  Mean Income                                                    28,093

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.6

  Mean Income                                                    41,493

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    457

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.4

  Labor (%)                                                        18.5





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