Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Marion township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,323

Household (median)                                               26,053

Family (median)                                                  30,385

  Married couple families (mean)                                 61,461

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,286





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  Black                                                             5.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         149

  College                                                            22



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.2

  High school grad (%)                                             85.8

  College grad (%)                                                 18.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    415

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.8

  Mean Income                                                    20,677

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    91,362

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.8

  Mean Income                                                    54,667

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    177

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     68

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.9

  Farming (%)                                                      10.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        18.8





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