Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: McKean township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,497

Household (median)                                               33,480

Family (median)                                                  35,743

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,015

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,079





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                27.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            11.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                133

  Elementary or High School                                         979

  College                                                           321



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.7

  High school grad (%)                                             81.3

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,233

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.2

  Mean Income                                                    15,489

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.5

  Mean Income                                                    44,011

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.3

  Mean Income                                                    44,544

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    970

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    435

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        18.8





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