Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Sullivan

Municipality: Cherry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,565

Household (median)                                               21,179

Family (median)                                                  26,216

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,118

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,262





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            26.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         226

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 10.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    633

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,281

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,501

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.6

  Mean Income                                                    34,106

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    305

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    106

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                       8.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.3

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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