Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Markleysburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,348

Household (median)                                               19,500

Family (median)                                                  23,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 22,129

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,899





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            21.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                34.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          53

  College                                                             0



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              51.9

  High school grad (%)                                             48.1

  College grad (%)                                                  8.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     63

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         22.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.4

  Mean Income                                                    11,079

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,707

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            41.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,993

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     33

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     14

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.5

  Service (%)                                                      20.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.6

  Labor (%)                                                        20.6





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