Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Indiana

Municipality: Ernest borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,539

Household (median)                                               19,000

Family (median)                                                  20,735

  Married couple families (mean)                                 23,222

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,798





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            23.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          89

  College                                                            17



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.7

  High school grad (%)                                             62.3

  College grad (%)                                                  8.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    170

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,000

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.0

  Mean Income                                                    21,379

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            32.1

  Mean Income                                                    27,251

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     79

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     35

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.4

  Service (%)                                                      22.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.4

  Labor (%)                                                        22.9





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