Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Knox township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,623

Household (median)                                               20,119

Family (median)                                                  22,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,345

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,137





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                92.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            36.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         138

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.6

  High school grad (%)                                             66.4

  College grad (%)                                                  6.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    245

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         19.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.4

  Mean Income                                                    13,668

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                39.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,024

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.0

  Mean Income                                                    34,657

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    110

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   27.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           13.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.5

  Labor (%)                                                        44.1





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