Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Potter

Municipality: Portage township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,639

Household (median)                                               26,625

Family (median)                                                  28,438

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,165

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             0.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          17

  College                                                             3



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.0

  High school grad (%)                                             66.0

  College grad (%)                                                  5.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     58

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           39.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                  0.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,950

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    32,321

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.2

  Mean Income                                                    42,026

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     26

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     13

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    0.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.5

  Service (%)                                                       0.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             25.9

  Labor (%)                                                        58.6





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