Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Oilcreek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,293

Household (median)                                               27,292

Family (median)                                                  30,469

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,926

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,545





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.2

  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 (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         154

  College                                                            34



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.4

  High school grad (%)                                             73.6

  College grad (%)                                                  9.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    426

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           42.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.4

  Mean Income                                                    12,753

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    27,517

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.8

  Mean Income                                                    42,548

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    177

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     74

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.0

  Service (%)                                                       6.8

  Farming (%)                                                       3.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.3

  Labor (%)                                                        29.1





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