Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Warren

Municipality: Sheffield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,770

Household (median)                                               27,466

Family (median)                                                  31,350

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,698

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,660





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 49

  Elementary or High School                                         384

  College                                                            76



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.1

  High school grad (%)                                             73.9

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,052

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.6

  Mean Income                                                    18,603

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,664

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,124

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    464

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    188

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        31.5





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