Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Sandy township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,567

Household (median)                                               30,173

Family (median)                                                  35,103

  Married couple families (mean)                                 44,276

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,876





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            59.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                149

  Elementary or High School                                       1,508

  College                                                           287



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.2

  High school grad (%)                                             78.8

  College grad (%)                                                 20.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,889

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,875

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,941

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    50,890

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,785

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    759

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        21.2





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