Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Venango

Municipality: Sugarcreek borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,879

Household (median)                                               22,388

Family (median)                                                  25,561

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,349

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,241





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                104

  Elementary or High School                                         933

  College                                                           186



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.6

  High school grad (%)                                             73.4

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,471

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.5

  Mean Income                                                    22,191

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,140

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,302

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,262

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    547

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.6

  Service (%)                                                      15.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        20.1





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