Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Centre
Municipality: Liberty township
INCOME
Per Capita 9,755
Household (median) 25,708
Family (median) 27,951
Married couple families (mean) 31,268
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 17,295
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 9.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 49.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 29.2
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.1
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 5.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 36.4
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 11.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 12
Elementary or High School 284
College 44
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 30.9
High school grad (%) 69.1
College grad (%) 11.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 795
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 44.5
Employed in service industry (%) 22.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 11.9
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 12.7
Mean Income 11,952
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 29.5
Mean Income 23,006
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 57.7
Mean Income 36,524
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 407
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 187
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 11.3
Sales and suppport (%) 17.5
Service (%) 10.9
Farming (%) 1.6
Craft and Repair (%) 15.3
Labor (%) 43.3
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