Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Rose township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,721

Household (median)                                               22,550

Family (median)                                                  26,048

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,866

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,829





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         226

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.9

  High school grad (%)                                             78.1

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    545

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.7

  Mean Income                                                    13,624

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,979

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.3

  Mean Income                                                    34,378

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    244

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    111

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.9

  Service (%)                                                      18.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.3

  Labor (%)                                                        22.2





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