Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Piney township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,512

Household (median)                                               17,813

Family (median)                                                  22,596

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,253

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,964





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             7.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          51

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.5

  High school grad (%)                                             70.5

  College grad (%)                                                  5.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    146

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            8.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.5

  Mean Income                                                    11,128

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,911

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,927

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     61

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     17

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    4.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.0

  Service (%)                                                      18.5

  Farming (%)                                                       5.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.2

  Labor (%)                                                        26.7





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