Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Canal township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,950

Household (median)                                               25,147

Family (median)                                                  27,639

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,373

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,455





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         205

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.4

  High school grad (%)                                             72.6

  College grad (%)                                                  9.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    460

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,291

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,375

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.7

  Mean Income                                                    38,046

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    218

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     87

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.3

  Farming (%)                                                       7.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        23.0





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