Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Slippery Rock township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,761

Household (median)                                               26,450

Family (median)                                                  37,733

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,438

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,821





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            31.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         412

  College                                                         2,409



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.7

  High school grad (%)                                             81.3

  College grad (%)                                                 30.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,926

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 41.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,522

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.3

  Mean Income                                                    34,848

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.1

  Mean Income                                                    44,002

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    941

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.6

  Service (%)                                                      17.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        16.5





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