Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: West Carroll township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,475

Household (median)                                               20,541

Family (median)                                                  24,375

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,795

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,717





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         286

  College                                                            42



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.7

  High school grad (%)                                             61.3

  College grad (%)                                                  8.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    513

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,689

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,148

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            39.4

  Mean Income                                                    36,319

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    232

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     88

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.1

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                       5.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.4

  Labor (%)                                                        27.7





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