Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Buffalo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,620

Household (median)                                               32,169

Family (median)                                                  35,893

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,501

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,492





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            35.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         205

  College                                                            26



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.6

  High school grad (%)                                             77.4

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    548

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,603

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    29,333

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.7

  Mean Income                                                    48,166

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    242

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    105

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                       6.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.9

  Labor (%)                                                        19.7





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