Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Cherry Ridge township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,294

Household (median)                                               25,000

Family (median)                                                  29,708

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,025

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,650





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            30.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 49

  Elementary or High School                                         283

  College                                                            47



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.9

  High school grad (%)                                             73.1

  College grad (%)                                                 19.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    801

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,187

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    25,889

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.3

  Mean Income                                                    41,451

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    374

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    151

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       7.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        20.2





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