Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Wayne township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,766

Household (median)                                               23,472

Family (median)                                                  26,167

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,292

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,211





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                63.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            11.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                27.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         558

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.7

  High school grad (%)                                             63.3

  College grad (%)                                                  8.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,060

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    13,797

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.3

  Mean Income                                                    23,826

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.3

  Mean Income                                                    33,192

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    463

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    204

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.0

  Service (%)                                                      12.4

  Farming (%)                                                       6.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.2

  Labor (%)                                                        28.2





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