Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Briar Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,220

Household (median)                                               27,226

Family (median)                                                  31,552

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,582

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,781





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                81.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 55

  Elementary or High School                                         480

  College                                                           113



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.4

  High school grad (%)                                             72.6

  College grad (%)                                                 14.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,457

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           41.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,129

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,039

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,247

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    647

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    270

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.3

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                       4.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.4

  Labor (%)                                                        34.7





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