Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Sankertown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,012

Household (median)                                               23,687

Family (median)                                                  26,042

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,075

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,792





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         172

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.9

  High school grad (%)                                             74.1

  College grad (%)                                                 10.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    328

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.4

  Mean Income                                                    13,659

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.4

  Mean Income                                                    23,689

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,334

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     77

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.1

  Service (%)                                                      16.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        26.5





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