Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Curwensville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,723

Household (median)                                               21,661

Family (median)                                                  28,700

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,170

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,973





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                48.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 47

  Elementary or High School                                         377

  College                                                           125



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.3

  High school grad (%)                                             75.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,267

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         17.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,515

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    24,700

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,976

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    766

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   18.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    312

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.4

  Labor (%)                                                        21.4





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