Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Jackson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,470

Household (median)                                               26,333

Family (median)                                                  27,596

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,564

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,107





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            11.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 37

  Elementary or High School                                         252

  College                                                            27



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.5

  High school grad (%)                                             75.5

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    419

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    12,883

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.8

  Mean Income                                                    29,183

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,021

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    176

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     90

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.3

  Service (%)                                                      20.3

  Farming (%)                                                       5.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.5

  Labor (%)                                                        21.7





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