Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Shade Gap borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        6,718

Household (median)                                               20,750

Family (median)                                                  21,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,253

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,900





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            36.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            48.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                53.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            28.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 48.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          30

  College                                                             2



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              46.2

  High school grad (%)                                             53.8

  College grad (%)                                                 15.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     31

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                36.0

  Mean Income                                                    11,575

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    20,389

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,029

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     10

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   20.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                      6

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.3

  Service (%)                                                       6.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.6

  Labor (%)                                                        19.4





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