Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Union

Municipality: Mifflinburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,006

Household (median)                                               26,004

Family (median)                                                  28,304

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,699

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,019





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                117

  Elementary or High School                                         582

  College                                                           112



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 19.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,583

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.4

  Mean Income                                                    25,979

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,580

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.3

  Mean Income                                                    41,773

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    732

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    272

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.4

  Service (%)                                                      17.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        25.5





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