Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Sandy Lake township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,705

Household (median)                                               26,202

Family (median)                                                  28,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,139

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,722





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         241

  College                                                            33



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.8

  High school grad (%)                                             81.2

  College grad (%)                                                 19.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    544

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,706

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,606

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

  Mean Income                                                    41,460

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    254

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    104

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.2

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       4.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.5

  Labor (%)                                                        24.4





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