Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: Rome township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,432

Household (median)                                               22,500

Family (median)                                                  22,885

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,798

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,041





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            21.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            13.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            25.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            12.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 37.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                         356

  College                                                            17



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              42.8

  High school grad (%)                                             57.2

  College grad (%)                                                  9.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    561

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           44.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.0

  Mean Income                                                    15,195

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,924

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.4

  Mean Income                                                    38,918

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    217

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     84

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.1

  Farming (%)                                                      11.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.3

  Labor (%)                                                        39.0





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