Municipal Socio-Economic Profile




County:       Mercer

Municipality: Deer Creek township


INCOME Per Capita 8,989 Household (median) 23,269 Family (median) 24,659 Married couple families (mean) 31,280 Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 6,963 POVERTY Families in Poverty (%) 14.4 Families w/children in poverty (%) 70.0 Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 21.4 Persons in Poverty (%) White 19.7 Black 0.0 Other race 0.0 Hispanic 0.0 Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 30.0 Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 55.6 Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 26.0 EDUCATION Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school Pre-primary school 9 Elementary or High School 102 College 4 Total Persons age 25 and over Less than a High School Diploma (%) 36.9 High school grad (%) 63.1 College grad (%) 10.1 EMPLOYMENT Employed persons age 16 and over 212 Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 28.8 Employed in service industry (%) 22.2 Unemployment rate - 1989 3.6 Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 12.9 Mean Income 13,582 Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 27.3 Mean Income 17,426 Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 59.7 Mean Income 39,751 Females age 16 and over In labor force 79 Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.0 Females age 16 and over, with children In labor force 28 Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.0 OCCUPATION Employed persons age 16 and over Managerial (%) 8.0 Sales and suppport (%) 20.8 Service (%) 15.1 Farming (%) 4.7 Craft and Repair (%) 17.0 Labor (%) 34.4 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