Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Salem township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,795

Household (median)                                               22,917

Family (median)                                                  25,707

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,311

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,434





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            13.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         159

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.7

  High school grad (%)                                             74.3

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    375

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.8

  Mean Income                                                    13,703

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.1

  Mean Income                                                    22,179

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,558

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     70

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.9

  Service (%)                                                      14.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        29.9





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