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