Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Franklin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,305

Household (median)                                               22,854

Family (median)                                                  26,216

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,254

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,788





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            14.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            48.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         353

  College                                                            52



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.2

  High school grad (%)                                             58.8

  College grad (%)                                                  7.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,008

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           40.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.3

  Mean Income                                                    15,231

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,901

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.9

  Mean Income                                                    38,370

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    460

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    195

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       6.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        40.8





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