Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,652

Household (median)                                               25,562

Family (median)                                                  29,010

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,381

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,617





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         174

  College                                                            26



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.4

  High school grad (%)                                             73.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    457

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    33,747

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.5

  Mean Income                                                    22,605

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,812

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    201

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     85

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.9

  Service (%)                                                       9.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.6

  Labor (%)                                                        24.3





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