Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Clearfield
Municipality: Bigler township
INCOME
Per Capita 9,688
Household (median) 16,886
Family (median) 23,203
Married couple families (mean) 32,404
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 12,525
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 12.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 59.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 34.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 16.0
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 21.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 68.7
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 20.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 9
Elementary or High School 220
College 41
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 34.5
High school grad (%) 65.5
College grad (%) 8.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 446
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 30.0
Employed in service industry (%) 27.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 14.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 24.0
Mean Income 16,835
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 33.5
Mean Income 20,579
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 42.5
Mean Income 44,455
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 205
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 87
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.7
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 13.5
Sales and suppport (%) 22.4
Service (%) 7.0
Farming (%) 3.4
Craft and Repair (%) 17.7
Labor (%) 36.1
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