Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Rye township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,531

Household (median)                                               39,231

Family (median)                                                  40,682

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,069

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,114





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         385

  College                                                            86



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.2

  High school grad (%)                                             80.8

  College grad (%)                                                 19.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,151

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,476

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,902

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.8

  Mean Income                                                    51,502

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    535

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    230

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.9

  Service (%)                                                       8.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        15.2





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