Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Shippenville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,490

Household (median)                                               23,068

Family (median)                                                  30,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,053

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,228





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                25.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  1

  Elementary or High School                                          75

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.3

  High school grad (%)                                             72.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    225

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 46.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,590

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,333

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.1

  Mean Income                                                    45,177

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    125

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     43

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.7

  Service (%)                                                      20.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        24.0





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