Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Spring township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,527

Household (median)                                               31,151

Family (median)                                                  35,152

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,735

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,890





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         310

  College                                                            54



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 17.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    846

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,637

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,267

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.6

  Mean Income                                                    45,209

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    372

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    174

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.9

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       6.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        21.2





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