Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Delaware township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,235

Household (median)                                               28,750

Family (median)                                                  30,871

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,634

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,778





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            20.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         359

  College                                                            83



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.9

  High school grad (%)                                             77.1

  College grad (%)                                                 14.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,018

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,876

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    27,555

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.5

  Mean Income                                                    43,531

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    447

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    171

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.4

  Farming (%)                                                       4.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.6

  Labor (%)                                                        28.9





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