Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Jackson Center borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,688

Household (median)                                               19,000

Family (median)                                                  30,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,492

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,012





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            19.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                          39

  College                                                             0



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.6

  High school grad (%)                                             61.4

  College grad (%)                                                  8.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     95

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,877

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                45.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,395

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            35.3

  Mean Income                                                    37,924

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     36

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     12

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.9

  Service (%)                                                      21.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.6

  Labor (%)                                                        32.6





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