Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Huston township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,242

Household (median)                                               24,113

Family (median)                                                  27,981

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,530

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,417





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         232

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.8

  High school grad (%)                                             68.2

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    552

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,255

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,524

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.5

  Mean Income                                                    41,311

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    249

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   15.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     95

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       3.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        37.0





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