Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Scalp Level borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,697

Household (median)                                               18,676

Family (median)                                                  23,371

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,416

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,669





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.8

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            81.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         202

  College                                                            43



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.9

  High school grad (%)                                             60.1

  College grad (%)                                                  8.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    443

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,407

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,403

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.7

  Mean Income                                                    33,423

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    210

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     61

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.1

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.9

  Labor (%)                                                        32.5





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