Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Miles township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,120

Household (median)                                               26,157

Family (median)                                                  31,198

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,339

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,016





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            14.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.6

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         246

  College                                                            39



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.0

  High school grad (%)                                             68.0

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    696

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,205

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.5

  Mean Income                                                    28,215

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,513

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    321

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    135

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.3

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                      17.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.4

  Labor (%)                                                        20.5





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