Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Marion township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,416

Household (median)                                               21,856

Family (median)                                                  27,353

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,630

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,138





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                56.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                22.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         172

  College                                                            42



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.0

  High school grad (%)                                             67.0

  College grad (%)                                                  7.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    468

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.2

  Mean Income                                                    12,452

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.3

  Mean Income                                                    29,871

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.6

  Mean Income                                                    41,638

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    192

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     70

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.0

  Service (%)                                                      17.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.3

  Labor (%)                                                        28.0





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