Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: College township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,905

Household (median)                                               36,377

Family (median)                                                  42,841

  Married couple families (mean)                                 54,422

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,077





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                            62.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                125

  Elementary or High School                                         973

  College                                                           644



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.4

  High school grad (%)                                             90.6

  College grad (%)                                                 50.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,474

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 57.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.9

  Mean Income                                                    26,246

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.4

  Mean Income                                                    50,860

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.8

  Mean Income                                                    56,303

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,606

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    609

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   42.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.5

  Farming (%)                                                       2.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.5

  Labor (%)                                                         8.9





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