Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Oliver township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,416

Household (median)                                               26,838

Family (median)                                                  28,860

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,593

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,461





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         332

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.6

  High school grad (%)                                             73.4

  College grad (%)                                                  9.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    829

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.0

  Mean Income                                                    14,341

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,422

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.7

  Mean Income                                                    35,292

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    353

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    143

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.5

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                       9.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.8

  Labor (%)                                                        34.4





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