Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Potter township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,760

Household (median)                                               28,457

Family (median)                                                  31,463

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,366

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,516





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            26.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            46.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         495

  College                                                           104



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.2

  High school grad (%)                                             80.8

  College grad (%)                                                 25.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,588

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,707

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,207

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

  Mean Income                                                    42,907

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    772

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    270

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.7

  Farming (%)                                                       7.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.6

  Labor (%)                                                        14.9





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