Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Rimersburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,642

Household (median)                                               16,576

Family (median)                                                  21,776

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,915

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,254





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            23.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                94.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            26.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            90.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 43.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         233

  College                                                            24



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.8

  High school grad (%)                                             65.2

  College grad (%)                                                 12.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    307

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    13,925

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    21,459

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.1

  Mean Income                                                    53,752

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    148

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     72

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.8

  Service (%)                                                      16.9

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.9

  Labor (%)                                                        25.1





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