Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: Venango township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,216

Household (median)                                               28,403

Family (median)                                                  31,058

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,885

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          25,274





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         170

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.7

  High school grad (%)                                             80.3

  College grad (%)                                                 22.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    354

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,403

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,791

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.9

  Mean Income                                                    38,000

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    151

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     78

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.2

  Service (%)                                                      15.8

  Farming (%)                                                       9.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.0





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