Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Mercer township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,367

Household (median)                                               22,411

Family (median)                                                  25,774

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,270

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,791





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         180

  College                                                            50



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.6

  High school grad (%)                                             73.4

  College grad (%)                                                 10.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    470

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.0

  Mean Income                                                    12,907

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,231

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,384

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    185

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     86

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.8

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                       4.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.2

  Labor (%)                                                        26.2





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