Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Potter

Municipality: Shinglehouse borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,765

Household (median)                                               17,813

Family (median)                                                  25,139

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,603

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,600





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                22.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            74.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         240

  College                                                            21



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.0

  High school grad (%)                                             68.0

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    455

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    10,254

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,987

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,320

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    205

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     98

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       4.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        30.1





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