Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Indiana

Municipality: Marion Center borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,949

Household (median)                                               20,179

Family (median)                                                  25,278

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,904

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,967





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            71.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                          89

  College                                                            11



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.8

  High school grad (%)                                             82.2

  College grad (%)                                                 19.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    193

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            7.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,857

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,204

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,807

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     96

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     50

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        15.5





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