Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Gallitzin borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,920

Household (median)                                               19,821

Family (median)                                                  24,282

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,433

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,217





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 47

  Elementary or High School                                         362

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.5

  High school grad (%)                                             64.5

  College grad (%)                                                  7.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    727

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                    15,112

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    26,129

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,539

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    344

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.5

  Service (%)                                                      20.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        28.7





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