Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Milesburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,764

Household (median)                                               23,292

Family (median)                                                  27,014

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,031

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,608





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         180

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.5

  High school grad (%)                                             70.5

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    554

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,334

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,050

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.9

  Mean Income                                                    37,975

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    271

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    110

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.5

  Service (%)                                                      14.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.2

  Labor (%)                                                        23.8





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