Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Indiana

Municipality: Homer City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,593

Household (median)                                               22,331

Family (median)                                                  28,553

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,947

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,268





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         228

  College                                                            74



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 16.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    778

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,744

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.3

  Mean Income                                                    28,085

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,968

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    383

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    135

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.2

  Service (%)                                                      18.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        15.6





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