Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Fairview township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,983

Household (median)                                               23,214

Family (median)                                                  26,726

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,089

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,179





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            12.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         198

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.5

  High school grad (%)                                             72.5

  College grad (%)                                                 12.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    413

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,580

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.0

  Mean Income                                                    21,952

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.2

  Mean Income                                                    35,399

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    165

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     84

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.8

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                      13.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.3

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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