Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Centerville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,152

Household (median)                                               20,403

Family (median)                                                  23,913

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,391

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,806





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         671

  College                                                           179



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.6

  High school grad (%)                                             65.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,141

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                29.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,948

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.9

  Mean Income                                                    26,486

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            31.3

  Mean Income                                                    40,174

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    520

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    215

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.0

  Service (%)                                                      14.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.1

  Labor (%)                                                        20.1





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