Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,409

Household (median)                                               28,852

Family (median)                                                  32,014

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,668

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,663





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            94.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         536

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.7

  High school grad (%)                                             73.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,721

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,650

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.9

  Mean Income                                                    23,168

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.0

  Mean Income                                                    43,660

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    839

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    360

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.1

  Labor (%)                                                        21.3





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