Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Mars borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,602

Household (median)                                               21,531

Family (median)                                                  30,592

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,022

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,752





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.0

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         215

  College                                                            78



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.3

  High school grad (%)                                             70.7

  College grad (%)                                                 19.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    633

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,880

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    26,176

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.9

  Mean Income                                                    47,775

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    320

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    109

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        13.0





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