Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Sandy Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,700

Household (median)                                               26,364

Family (median)                                                  30,069

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,558

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,830





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            36.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         175

  College                                                            20



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.1

  High school grad (%)                                             72.9

  College grad (%)                                                  9.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    364

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.0

  Mean Income                                                    15,989

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.7

  Mean Income                                                    29,803

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.3

  Mean Income                                                    37,398

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    165

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     95

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       9.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        33.2





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