Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Grove City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,342

Household (median)                                               24,828

Family (median)                                                  30,600

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,477

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,697





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            83.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                111

  Elementary or High School                                         902

  College                                                         2,303



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.1

  High school grad (%)                                             78.9

  College grad (%)                                                 30.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,414

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 48.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.1

  Mean Income                                                    23,814

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    27,991

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.9

  Mean Income                                                    42,171

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,721

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    487

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.4

  Service (%)                                                      20.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.0

  Labor (%)                                                        12.9





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