Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fulton

Municipality: Brush Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,360

Household (median)                                               21,146

Family (median)                                                  27,143

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,791

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.9

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            91.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          87

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.3

  High school grad (%)                                             72.7

  College grad (%)                                                 10.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    285

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,687

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    21,133

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.0

  Mean Income                                                    33,569

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    127

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     56

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.9

  Service (%)                                                      17.2

  Farming (%)                                                      14.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.8

  Labor (%)                                                        17.2





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