Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Greene township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,672

Household (median)                                               25,161

Family (median)                                                  27,260

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,751

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,831





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            42.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                         223

  College                                                            39



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.2

  High school grad (%)                                             68.8

  College grad (%)                                                 12.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    588

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,352

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,448

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,287

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    277

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     99

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.9

  Service (%)                                                      17.7

  Farming (%)                                                       8.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.8

  Labor (%)                                                        23.6





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