Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Mahaffey borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        6,859

Household (median)                                               16,731

Family (median)                                                  17,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 21,489

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,417





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            29.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            34.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 49.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          67

  College                                                            11



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.8

  High school grad (%)                                             68.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    113

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         16.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,638

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,618

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,203

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     53

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     33

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.1

  Farming (%)                                                       4.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        27.4





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