Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: Peters township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,139

Household (median)                                               28,263

Family (median)                                                  31,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,227

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,684





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 76

  Elementary or High School                                         672

  College                                                           181



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.4

  High school grad (%)                                             73.6

  College grad (%)                                                 12.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,086

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,137

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    43,083

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.4

  Mean Income                                                    41,096

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    914

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    369

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.4

  Service (%)                                                      12.0

  Farming (%)                                                       6.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        23.0





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