Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Frenchcreek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,350

Household (median)                                               27,610

Family (median)                                                  30,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,681

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,807





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         313

  College                                                            72



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.9

  High school grad (%)                                             78.1

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    761

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 44.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    23,890

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,972

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.4

  Mean Income                                                    37,489

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    358

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    166

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.5

  Service (%)                                                      23.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        19.3





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