Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Venango township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,906

Household (median)                                               30,862

Family (median)                                                  32,151

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,109

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,546





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 48

  Elementary or High School                                         555

  College                                                            56



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.8

  High school grad (%)                                             73.2

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    944

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    13,653

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    30,574

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.2

  Mean Income                                                    43,377

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    349

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    176

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.5

  Farming (%)                                                       8.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.0

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





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