Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Clearfield borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,338

Household (median)                                               19,338

Family (median)                                                  25,328

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,385

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,916





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.0

  Black                                                             8.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 74

  Elementary or High School                                       1,103

  College                                                           227



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.6

  High school grad (%)                                             75.4

  College grad (%)                                                 18.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,683

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,846

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,127

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.9

  Mean Income                                                    43,666

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,427

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    519

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.2

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        16.5





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