Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Middlecreek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,043

Household (median)                                               29,228

Family (median)                                                  31,306

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,109

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,475





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 45

  Elementary or High School                                         315

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.5

  High school grad (%)                                             69.5

  College grad (%)                                                 11.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    902

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,063

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,177

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.5

  Mean Income                                                    39,524

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    395

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    168

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.4

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       4.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        32.8





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