Municipal Socio-Economic Profile




County:       Mercer

Municipality: Wolf Creek township


INCOME Per Capita 12,168 Household (median) 30,625 Family (median) 33,750 Married couple families (mean) 40,312 Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 9,920 POVERTY Families in Poverty (%) 6.7 Families w/children in poverty (%) 76.9 Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 40.0 Persons in Poverty (%) White 8.7 Black 0.0 Other race 0.0 Hispanic 0.0 Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.6 Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 28.6 Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 12.6 EDUCATION Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school Pre-primary school 12 Elementary or High School 145 College 38 Total Persons age 25 and over Less than a High School Diploma (%) 17.1 High school grad (%) 82.9 College grad (%) 17.1 EMPLOYMENT Employed persons age 16 and over 336 Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 28.0 Employed in service industry (%) 25.0 Unemployment rate - 1989 5.4 Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 9.3 Mean Income 13,851 Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 26.9 Mean Income 40,791 Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 63.7 Mean Income 43,607 Females age 16 and over In labor force 142 Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.7 Females age 16 and over, with children In labor force 67 Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.8 OCCUPATION Employed persons age 16 and over Managerial (%) 14.3 Sales and suppport (%) 22.9 Service (%) 15.2 Farming (%) 8.0 Craft and Repair (%) 14.6 Labor (%) 25.0 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