Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Boggs township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,737

Household (median)                                               28,492

Family (median)                                                  30,673

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,744

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,003





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            90.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 37

  Elementary or High School                                         457

  College                                                            52



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.2

  High school grad (%)                                             71.8

  College grad (%)                                                  9.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,331

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,034

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,041

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.8

  Mean Income                                                    40,446

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    601

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    253

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.3

  Service (%)                                                      14.4

  Farming (%)                                                       4.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.0

  Labor (%)                                                        27.4





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