Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Benner township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,443

Household (median)                                               27,221

Family (median)                                                  30,795

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,394

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,381





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.6

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 40

  Elementary or High School                                         580

  College                                                           291



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.3

  High school grad (%)                                             76.7

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,782

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.4

  Mean Income                                                    18,855

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,876

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.3

  Mean Income                                                    45,388

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    888

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    297

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           37.1

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.7

  Labor (%)                                                        18.1





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