Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: McVeytown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,181

Household (median)                                               23,594

Family (median)                                                  27,917

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,304

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,860





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          61

  College                                                             4



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.3

  High school grad (%)                                             77.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    176

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,657

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,635

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,431

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     86

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     39

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       4.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.1

  Labor (%)                                                        30.7





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