Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Montour township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,962

Household (median)                                               27,800

Family (median)                                                  31,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,426

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,244





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            39.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            87.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 19

  Elementary or High School                                         226

  College                                                            66



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.7

  High school grad (%)                                             77.3

  College grad (%)                                                 19.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    704

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,905

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.5

  Mean Income                                                    32,005

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.3

  Mean Income                                                    41,787

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    320

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    132

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.2

  Labor (%)                                                        30.3





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