Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: Athens township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,548

Household (median)                                               23,587

Family (median)                                                  26,111

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,786

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           3,635





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            22.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         149

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.9

  High school grad (%)                                             67.1

  College grad (%)                                                 11.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    282

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,076

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,214

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,872

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    108

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     42

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.4

  Service (%)                                                       6.0

  Farming (%)                                                      14.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        30.1





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