Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Elk township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,599

Household (median)                                               26,222

Family (median)                                                  28,424

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,791

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,535





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         260

  College                                                            76



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.6

  High school grad (%)                                             77.4

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    658

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,478

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    31,653

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,387

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    293

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    121

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.4

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        29.8





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