Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Jackson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,696

Household (median)                                               23,472

Family (median)                                                  26,448

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,763

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,286





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 55

  Elementary or High School                                       1,036

  College                                                           209



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.9

  High school grad (%)                                             72.1

  College grad (%)                                                  9.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,016

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,320

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    34,271

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.9

  Mean Income                                                    37,599

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    900

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    445

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.9

  Service (%)                                                      14.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        22.2





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