Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Howard borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,042

Household (median)                                               27,800

Family (median)                                                  29,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,720

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,136





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         163

  College                                                            24



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.0

  High school grad (%)                                             84.0

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    399

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,260

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,749

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.5

  Mean Income                                                    35,702

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    178

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     85

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        24.8





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