Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Pike

Municipality: Porter township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,880

Household (median)                                               19,479

Family (median)                                                  24,583

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,381

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          55,100





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                           8

  College                                                             2



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.1

  High school grad (%)                                             62.9

  College grad (%)                                                 12.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     83

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            8.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.0

  Mean Income                                                    14,500

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.5

  Mean Income                                                    20,416

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.4

  Mean Income                                                    39,613

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     43

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                      9

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                        25.3





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