Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Walker township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,234

Household (median)                                               30,737

Family (median)                                                  35,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,283

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.2

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            46.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 28

  Elementary or High School                                         469

  College                                                            71



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.2

  High school grad (%)                                             78.8

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,438

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.4

  Mean Income                                                    19,361

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,901

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.0

  Mean Income                                                    43,785

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    688

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    307

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.0

  Farming (%)                                                       5.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        18.8





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