Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Reade township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,615

Household (median)                                               20,646

Family (median)                                                  23,806

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,815

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,962





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         320

  College                                                            37



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.2

  High school grad (%)                                             67.8

  College grad (%)                                                  6.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    615

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,274

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.7

  Mean Income                                                    23,136

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.6

  Mean Income                                                    31,597

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    253

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.7

  Labor (%)                                                        42.1





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