Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Burnside borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,099

Household (median)                                               15,909

Family (median)                                                  18,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 24,347

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,196





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            22.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            28.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                25.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 37.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                          83

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              42.2

  High school grad (%)                                             57.8

  College grad (%)                                                  5.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     86

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         22.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    11,393

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                47.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,165

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            34.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,129

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     38

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   21.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     16

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                            9.3

  Service (%)                                                      19.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             31.4

  Labor (%)                                                        30.2





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