Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Philipsburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,908

Household (median)                                               17,747

Family (median)                                                  25,133

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,381

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,745





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            49.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         515

  College                                                           102



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.3

  High school grad (%)                                             72.7

  College grad (%)                                                 22.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,222

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,160

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,908

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,369

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    615

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    260

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        19.1





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