Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Otter Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,319

Household (median)                                               29,091

Family (median)                                                  30,469

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,987

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                             304





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            14.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                          86

  College                                                            22



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.2

  High school grad (%)                                             72.8

  College grad (%)                                                  7.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    287

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.9

  Mean Income                                                    18,225

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,189

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.3

  Mean Income                                                    39,397

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    121

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     49

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.0

  Labor (%)                                                        26.8





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