Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Irvona borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,693

Household (median)                                               19,896

Family (median)                                                  22,132

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,384

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,902





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         143

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.5

  High school grad (%)                                             73.5

  College grad (%)                                                 10.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    226

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         17.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.7

  Mean Income                                                    11,408

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.5

  Mean Income                                                    16,375

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.7

  Mean Income                                                    32,386

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   22.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     51

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.7

  Labor (%)                                                        40.3





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