Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Lower Yoder township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,854

Household (median)                                               20,474

Family (median)                                                  24,918

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,757

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,673





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                49.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 51

  Elementary or High School                                         406

  College                                                           103



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.2

  High school grad (%)                                             69.8

  College grad (%)                                                 14.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,160

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                32.5

  Mean Income                                                    19,975

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.2

  Mean Income                                                    27,892

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            34.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,861

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    568

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    174

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      19.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.4

  Labor (%)                                                        15.6





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