Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clinton

Municipality: Avis borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,526

Household (median)                                               20,333

Family (median)                                                  25,766

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,053

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,922





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  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 (%)                            71.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         261

  College                                                            70



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.2

  High school grad (%)                                             70.8

  College grad (%)                                                 12.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    633

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           42.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    13,866

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    20,121

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.2

  Mean Income                                                    35,423

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    315

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        34.8





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