Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Elk Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,933

Household (median)                                               32,292

Family (median)                                                  34,449

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,650

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,742





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                88.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         379

  College                                                            74



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.4

  High school grad (%)                                             78.6

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    775

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,818

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    33,049

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.6

  Mean Income                                                    42,585

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    335

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    169

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       4.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.6

  Labor (%)                                                        28.9





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