Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Wheatfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,351

Household (median)                                               32,730

Family (median)                                                  36,368

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,225

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,448





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            55.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 41

  Elementary or High School                                         525

  College                                                            92



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.2

  High school grad (%)                                             70.8

  College grad (%)                                                 16.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,521

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.8

  Mean Income                                                    20,963

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,105

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.2

  Mean Income                                                    46,228

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    700

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    336

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.4

  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