Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Warren

Municipality: Elk township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,789

Household (median)                                               31,250

Family (median)                                                  34,063

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,423

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,499





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                22.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         105

  College                                                            24



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.9

  High school grad (%)                                             84.1

  College grad (%)                                                 19.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    284

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.2

  Mean Income                                                    46,383

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    34,216

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,528

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    145

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     60

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.0

  Service (%)                                                      15.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        19.7





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