Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Loretto borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,533

Household (median)                                               29,167

Family (median)                                                  31,875

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,795

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,785





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            26.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          77

  College                                                           591



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              13.2

  High school grad (%)                                             86.8

  College grad (%)                                                 38.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    391

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            2.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 72.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.4

  Mean Income                                                     6,732

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    26,282

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.6

  Mean Income                                                    41,244

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    235

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     21

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           53.5

  Service (%)                                                       9.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.1

  Labor (%)                                                         9.7





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