Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Centre
Municipality: South Philipsburg borough
INCOME
Per Capita 9,116
Household (median) 22,000
Family (median) 26,058
Married couple families (mean) 28,591
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 14,795
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 6.4
Families w/children in poverty (%) 75.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 0.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 8.6
Black 0.0
Other race 100.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 19.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 69.2
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 14.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 14
Elementary or High School 72
College 18
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 35.3
High school grad (%) 64.7
College grad (%) 8.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 193
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 21.2
Employed in service industry (%) 25.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 6.3
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.6
Mean Income 16,779
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 24.8
Mean Income 20,844
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 57.6
Mean Income 33,193
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 88
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.4
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 34
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 13.0
Sales and suppport (%) 32.6
Service (%) 15.0
Farming (%) 1.0
Craft and Repair (%) 16.6
Labor (%) 21.8
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