Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Pike

Municipality: Delaware township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,289

Household (median)                                               32,788

Family (median)                                                  36,216

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,479

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,293





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 73

  Elementary or High School                                         567

  College                                                            67



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.6

  High school grad (%)                                             74.4

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,580

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,513

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.7

  Mean Income                                                    36,676

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.5

  Mean Income                                                    47,301

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    731

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    316

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.9

  Labor (%)                                                        17.0





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