Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Oliver township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,490

Household (median)                                               26,635

Family (median)                                                  30,182

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,765

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,681





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            33.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         396

  College                                                            61



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.6

  High school grad (%)                                             66.4

  College grad (%)                                                  9.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    963

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.5

  Mean Income                                                    13,174

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,219

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.0

  Mean Income                                                    40,588

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    463

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    193

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        27.0





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