Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Marion township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,679

Household (median)                                               27,125

Family (median)                                                  29,792

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,345

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,931





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.5

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                24.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         155

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.3

  High school grad (%)                                             75.7

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    377

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 2.9

  Mean Income                                                     8,733

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,175

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            73.6

  Mean Income                                                    40,884

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    157

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     74

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.1

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       9.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.4

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





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