Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Marion Heights borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,984

Household (median)                                               19,183

Family (median)                                                  21,900

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,441

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,480





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         119

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.6

  High school grad (%)                                             61.4

  College grad (%)                                                  7.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    295

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    16,247

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.6

  Mean Income                                                    23,128

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.2

  Mean Income                                                    36,559

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    124

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     36

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.3

  Labor (%)                                                        29.5





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