Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Tyrone township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,788

Household (median)                                               29,323

Family (median)                                                  32,120

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,042

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,137





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  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 (%)                            76.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         373

  College                                                            44



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    792

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.6

  Mean Income                                                    18,991

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,511

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,170

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    356

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    162

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       5.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        23.7





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