Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Potter

Municipality: Austin borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,466

Household (median)                                               17,500

Family (median)                                                  23,229

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,409

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,360





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         124

  College                                                             5



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.7

  High school grad (%)                                             65.3

  College grad (%)                                                  7.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    199

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           53.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.9

  Mean Income                                                    13,167

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,612

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.7

  Mean Income                                                    32,530

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     94

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     51

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        37.7





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