Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Columbia
Municipality: Locust township
INCOME
Per Capita 11,515
Household (median) 26,065
Family (median) 30,000
Married couple families (mean) 31,772
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 14,526
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 8.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 87.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 37.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.3
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 7.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 80.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 24.1
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 14
Elementary or High School 221
College 41
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 22.7
High school grad (%) 77.3
College grad (%) 15.3
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 633
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 25.9
Employed in service industry (%) 26.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 6.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.9
Mean Income 16,582
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 22.1
Mean Income 22,548
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 62.9
Mean Income 36,557
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 300
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 106
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.4
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 14.2
Sales and suppport (%) 29.9
Service (%) 9.0
Farming (%) 7.1
Craft and Repair (%) 14.5
Labor (%) 25.3
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