Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Oakland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,532

Household (median)                                               30,904

Family (median)                                                  33,958

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,816

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,137





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 41

  Elementary or High School                                         579

  College                                                           134



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.7

  High school grad (%)                                             81.3

  College grad (%)                                                 10.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,281

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.2

  Mean Income                                                    15,098

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.6

  Mean Income                                                    28,861

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    45,104

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    548

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    259

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.9

  Farming (%)                                                       3.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.7

  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