Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Potter township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,825

Household (median)                                               29,205

Family (median)                                                  34,844

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,561

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           3,300





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            27.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                         119

  College                                                            52



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.6

  High school grad (%)                                             82.4

  College grad (%)                                                 17.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    274

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,922

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    37,708

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.6

  Mean Income                                                    41,129

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    123

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     38

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.5

  Service (%)                                                      21.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.5

  Labor (%)                                                        24.1





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