Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Polk borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,521

Household (median)                                               22,031

Family (median)                                                  28,194

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,300

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,777





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         106

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              75.2

  High school grad (%)                                             24.8

  College grad (%)                                                  4.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    216

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 49.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.4

  Mean Income                                                    21,037

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.2

  Mean Income                                                    32,573

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.4

  Mean Income                                                    36,321

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    108

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     53

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.1

  Service (%)                                                      36.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.3

  Labor (%)                                                        22.2





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