Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Mifflin
Municipality: Brown township
INCOME
Per Capita 11,866
Household (median) 28,599
Family (median) 34,861
Married couple families (mean) 39,840
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 17,348
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 5.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 55.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 37.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 7.6
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 13.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 54.7
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 8.1
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 61
Elementary or High School 582
College 86
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 26.0
High school grad (%) 74.0
College grad (%) 17.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,559
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 29.2
Employed in service industry (%) 25.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 15.0
Mean Income 23,736
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 24.5
Mean Income 27,901
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 60.5
Mean Income 44,913
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 675
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 290
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.3
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 18.4
Sales and suppport (%) 22.0
Service (%) 11.8
Farming (%) 10.1
Craft and Repair (%) 17.8
Labor (%) 19.9
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