Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Franklin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,853

Household (median)                                               22,151

Family (median)                                                  25,195

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,376

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,597





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             9.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            48.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 53

  Elementary or High School                                         467

  College                                                           120



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.4

  High school grad (%)                                             66.6

  College grad (%)                                                 10.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    968

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,502

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                42.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,635

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.0

  Mean Income                                                    44,548

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    461

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    159

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.9

  Service (%)                                                      11.2

  Farming (%)                                                       3.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        26.8





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