Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Patton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,696

Household (median)                                               31,613

Family (median)                                                  44,874

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,064

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,008





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.3

  Black                                                            27.1

  Other race                                                       67.6

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.7

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                209

  Elementary or High School                                       1,356

  College                                                         2,271



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               6.5

  High school grad (%)                                             93.5

  College grad (%)                                                 61.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,566

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 59.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,903

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.9

  Mean Income                                                    43,046

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.3

  Mean Income                                                    56,527

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,548

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    719

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   47.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.7

  Labor (%)                                                         5.2





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