Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Kistler borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,725

Household (median)                                               20,972

Family (median)                                                  23,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,901

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,490





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            36.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 40.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          39

  College                                                            11



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.5

  High school grad (%)                                             66.5

  College grad (%)                                                 10.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    140

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                    12,890

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.0

  Mean Income                                                    20,502

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.4

  Mean Income                                                    36,123

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     63

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     19

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.1

  Labor (%)                                                        32.9





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