Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Potter
Municipality: Sharon township
INCOME
Per Capita 8,704
Household (median) 23,036
Family (median) 25,568
Married couple families (mean) 29,288
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 8,409
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 10.8
Families w/children in poverty (%) 72.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 27.8
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.0
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 11.6
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 15.4
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 13.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 12
Elementary or High School 179
College 25
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 29.8
High school grad (%) 70.2
College grad (%) 8.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 368
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 36.1
Employed in service industry (%) 25.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 7.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 20.3
Mean Income 13,602
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 30.3
Mean Income 22,395
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 49.4
Mean Income 36,527
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 167
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.6
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 74
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.4
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 9.0
Sales and suppport (%) 19.6
Service (%) 19.8
Farming (%) 7.9
Craft and Repair (%) 12.8
Labor (%) 31.0
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