Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Cambria
Municipality: Portage borough
INCOME
Per Capita 9,446
Household (median) 18,971
Family (median) 24,318
Married couple families (mean) 31,085
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 8,341
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 9.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 75.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 57.8
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 12.4
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 12.4
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 81.7
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 17.1
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 25
Elementary or High School 540
College 148
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 32.8
High school grad (%) 67.2
College grad (%) 12.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,036
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 17.9
Employed in service industry (%) 37.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 7.3
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 30.0
Mean Income 16,363
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 31.0
Mean Income 26,887
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 39.0
Mean Income 39,114
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 481
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 217
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.4
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 19.4
Sales and suppport (%) 27.8
Service (%) 15.4
Farming (%) 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 15.4
Labor (%) 21.9
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