Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Geistown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,628

Household (median)                                               27,404

Family (median)                                                  30,944

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,186

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,214





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                29.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            34.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 49

  Elementary or High School                                         381

  College                                                           111



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.0

  High school grad (%)                                             76.0

  College grad (%)                                                 19.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,167

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    19,348

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                    31,952

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.2

  Mean Income                                                    41,836

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    582

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    223

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.4

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.7

  Labor (%)                                                        15.9





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