Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Spring township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,935

Household (median)                                               26,709

Family (median)                                                  30,187

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,302

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,926





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                90.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 92

  Elementary or High School                                         880

  College                                                           193



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.9

  High school grad (%)                                             79.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,835

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,357

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    25,218

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.0

  Mean Income                                                    37,797

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,245

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    537

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        19.9





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