Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Knox township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,713

Household (median)                                               20,057

Family (median)                                                  22,188

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,734

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,747





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                43.5

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         198

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.5

  High school grad (%)                                             66.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    358

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    14,758

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.9

  Mean Income                                                    23,515

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.3

  Mean Income                                                    34,319

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    141

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     72

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.7

  Farming (%)                                                       7.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.6

  Labor (%)                                                        33.5





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