Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Falls Creek borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,939

Household (median)                                               23,889

Family (median)                                                  28,700

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,245

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,757





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         149

  College                                                            23



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.1

  High school grad (%)                                             75.9

  College grad (%)                                                 12.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    429

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,899

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    28,257

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.6

  Mean Income                                                    40,338

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    214

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    100

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.0

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.4

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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