Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Brockway borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,580

Household (median)                                               25,665

Family (median)                                                  32,813

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,133

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,360





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            59.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            79.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         337

  College                                                            85



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.5

  High school grad (%)                                             82.5

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    883

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           39.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,841

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.7

  Mean Income                                                    28,905

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.6

  Mean Income                                                    46,688

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    435

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    171

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.0

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        29.0





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