Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Halfmoon township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,021

Household (median)                                               42,273

Family (median)                                                  45,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,804

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          40,289





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 37

  Elementary or High School                                         294

  College                                                            95



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               9.1

  High school grad (%)                                             90.9

  College grad (%)                                                 37.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    796

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 45.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 2.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,479

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                18.7

  Mean Income                                                    35,984

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            78.6

  Mean Income                                                    53,134

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    366

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    183

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                       5.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        12.3





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