Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Forest

Municipality: Jenks township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,585

Household (median)                                               20,350

Family (median)                                                  23,487

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,685

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,467





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                48.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         179

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.8

  High school grad (%)                                             69.2

  College grad (%)                                                 14.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    513

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,752

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.5

  Mean Income                                                    23,294

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,726

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    271

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     92

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.4

  Service (%)                                                      19.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        20.7





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