Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Jackson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,215

Household (median)                                               35,452

Family (median)                                                  40,657

  Married couple families (mean)                                 54,345

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,310





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                35.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.4

  Black                                                            42.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 80

  Elementary or High School                                         604

  College                                                           166



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.9

  High school grad (%)                                             78.1

  College grad (%)                                                 22.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,532

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.8

  Mean Income                                                    26,170

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.2

  Mean Income                                                    57,315

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.0

  Mean Income                                                    49,884

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    671

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    248

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.9

  Farming (%)                                                       4.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.8

  Labor (%)                                                        16.8





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