Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Houtzdale borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,984

Household (median)                                               20,880

Family (median)                                                  25,543

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,175

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,061





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            68.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            39.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         174

  College                                                            42



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 12.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    481

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.6

  Mean Income                                                    12,648

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    27,908

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.2

  Mean Income                                                    34,716

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    233

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    106

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.4

  Service (%)                                                      14.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        24.3





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