Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Greenville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,707

Household (median)                                               22,121

Family (median)                                                  29,063

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,301

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,359





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                111

  Elementary or High School                                       1,055

  College                                                           812



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.3

  High school grad (%)                                             76.7

  College grad (%)                                                 21.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,004

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,135

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    27,923

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.5

  Mean Income                                                    41,207

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,529

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    505

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.0

  Service (%)                                                      18.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.1

  Labor (%)                                                        20.3





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