Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Wallaceton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        6,857

Household (median)                                               15,357

Family (median)                                                  19,792

  Married couple families (mean)                                 23,259

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            83.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                          60

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              53.4

  High school grad (%)                                             46.6

  College grad (%)                                                  1.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    109

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         23.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.2

  Mean Income                                                    10,345

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                42.5

  Mean Income                                                    22,334

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,285

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     50

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   24.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     23

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    1.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.3

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        50.5





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