Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Plum township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,298

Household (median)                                               28,125

Family (median)                                                  28,819

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,103

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,023





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         187

  College                                                            38



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.4

  High school grad (%)                                             73.6

  College grad (%)                                                 11.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    432

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,256

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.3

  Mean Income                                                    20,946

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.5

  Mean Income                                                    39,930

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    201

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     90

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.5

  Farming (%)                                                       3.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        25.9





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