Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Port Matilda borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,453

Household (median)                                               21,806

Family (median)                                                  26,429

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,951

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,422





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                         119

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.2

  High school grad (%)                                             69.8

  College grad (%)                                                 12.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    338

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.9

  Mean Income                                                    19,196

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    19,030

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

  Mean Income                                                    34,392

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    149

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     61

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.3

  Service (%)                                                      18.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        19.8





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