Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Penn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,094

Household (median)                                               24,710

Family (median)                                                  30,116

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,973

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,400





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                40.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            34.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         320

  College                                                            62



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              52.3

  High school grad (%)                                             47.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,290

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.9

  Mean Income                                                    12,101

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    27,475

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,502

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    624

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    203

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.2

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       9.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        25.4





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