Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,825

Household (median)                                               25,592

Family (median)                                                  26,985

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,120

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,869





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         192

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.3

  High school grad (%)                                             73.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    425

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.1

  Mean Income                                                    13,338

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.3

  Mean Income                                                    20,793

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.6

  Mean Income                                                    42,739

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    192

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     93

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                      11.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        20.2





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