Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: Fairfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,575

Household (median)                                               21,250

Family (median)                                                  26,429

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,189

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,442





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            31.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         205

  College                                                            39



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.9

  High school grad (%)                                             66.1

  College grad (%)                                                 10.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    412

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.4

  Mean Income                                                    14,110

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.4

  Mean Income                                                    25,173

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.2

  Mean Income                                                    35,990

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    183

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     66

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.4

  Service (%)                                                      14.3

  Farming (%)                                                       9.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.5

  Labor (%)                                                        24.8





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