Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Oakland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,406

Household (median)                                               27,256

Family (median)                                                  29,741

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,486

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,308





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            29.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            46.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         350

  College                                                            43



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.6

  High school grad (%)                                             80.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    637

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.8

  Mean Income                                                    14,623

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,910

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.2

  Mean Income                                                    48,221

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    275

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    134

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.6





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