Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Richland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,004

Household (median)                                               20,375

Family (median)                                                  23,011

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,236

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,503





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            85.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         167

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.4

  High school grad (%)                                             80.6

  College grad (%)                                                 12.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    306

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.9

  Mean Income                                                    12,851

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,444

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.4

  Mean Income                                                    38,815

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    138

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     64

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.0

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       9.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.2

  Labor (%)                                                        26.5





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