Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Briar Creek borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,009

Household (median)                                               20,882

Family (median)                                                  26,719

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,354

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,385





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            36.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          95

  College                                                            21



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.3

  High school grad (%)                                             66.7

  College grad (%)                                                  8.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    286

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           45.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,614

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,127

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

  Mean Income                                                    32,296

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    146

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     65

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.5

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        35.7





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