Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Huston township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,388

Household (median)                                               26,190

Family (median)                                                  30,099

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,145

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,497





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         230

  College                                                            40



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.4

  High school grad (%)                                             76.6

  College grad (%)                                                 23.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    603

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.2

  Mean Income                                                     8,982

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,834

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.8

  Mean Income                                                    35,418

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    280

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    133

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.9

  Labor (%)                                                        22.2





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