Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Orbisonia borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,825

Household (median)                                               18,162

Family (median)                                                  27,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,625

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,494





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          74

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.5

  High school grad (%)                                             74.5

  College grad (%)                                                 16.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    178

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.2

  Mean Income                                                    19,932

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.1

  Mean Income                                                    21,419

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.7

  Mean Income                                                    38,227

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     94

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     41

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.3

  Service (%)                                                      19.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        18.0





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