Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Columbia
Municipality: Roaring Creek township
INCOME
Per Capita 9,689
Household (median) 23,977
Family (median) 27,656
Married couple families (mean) 29,723
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 24,388
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 2.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 50.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 0.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 4.7
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 6.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 50.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 6.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 11
Elementary or High School 86
College 15
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 25.2
High school grad (%) 74.8
College grad (%) 10.6
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 213
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 25.8
Employed in service industry (%) 25.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.1
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 8.8
Mean Income 20,309
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 32.8
Mean Income 22,245
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 58.4
Mean Income 34,697
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 94
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.3
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 40
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.8
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.8
Sales and suppport (%) 25.4
Service (%) 7.0
Farming (%) 11.7
Craft and Repair (%) 12.7
Labor (%) 25.4
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