Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mercer

Municipality: Sugar Grove township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,526

Household (median)                                               28,947

Family (median)                                                  31,450

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,896

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,261





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         178

  College                                                            55



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.6

  High school grad (%)                                             71.4

  College grad (%)                                                 11.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    482

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,357

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    29,312

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,651

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    222

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     94

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.1

  Farming (%)                                                       3.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        24.9





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