Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: Oil Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,379

Household (median)                                               22,750

Family (median)                                                  28,807

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,904

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,296





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            91.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         350

  College                                                            44



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.6

  High school grad (%)                                             71.4

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    856

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.0

  Mean Income                                                    13,525

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,485

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.9

  Mean Income                                                    39,459

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    374

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    160

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       5.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.5





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