Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Portage township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,340

Household (median)                                               23,069

Family (median)                                                  26,144

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,223

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,402





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            51.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.7

  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 (%)                            77.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         769

  College                                                           221



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.4

  High school grad (%)                                             68.6

  College grad (%)                                                  9.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,512

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                23.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,767

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.8

  Mean Income                                                    28,069

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,021

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    734

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    310

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.9

  Service (%)                                                      18.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.4

  Labor (%)                                                        27.5





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