Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Broad Top City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,038

Household (median)                                               20,455

Family (median)                                                  23,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,178

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,680





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                30.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            22.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          49

  College                                                             4



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.3

  High school grad (%)                                             66.7

  College grad (%)                                                 12.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    127

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.5

  Mean Income                                                    12,091

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,623

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.0

  Mean Income                                                    31,493

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     69

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     26

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.0

  Service (%)                                                      16.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.2

  Labor (%)                                                        35.4





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