Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wayne

Municipality: Salem township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,566

Household (median)                                               24,836

Family (median)                                                  26,090

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,601

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,996





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            59.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            40.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 61

  Elementary or High School                                         571

  College                                                            65



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.6

  High school grad (%)                                             70.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,284

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,923

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,118

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.7

  Mean Income                                                    44,249

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    604

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    221

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                       6.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.3

  Labor (%)                                                        24.8





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