Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Venango township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,489

Household (median)                                               23,472

Family (median)                                                  25,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,704

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,094





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         106

  College                                                            26



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.8

  High school grad (%)                                             71.2

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    280

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.8

  Mean Income                                                    14,581

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.7

  Mean Income                                                    23,419

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.5

  Mean Income                                                    44,287

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    134

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     57

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.6





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