Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Madison township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,543

Household (median)                                               26,471

Family (median)                                                  28,594

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,444

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,383





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                54.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            29.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         300

  College                                                            50



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 17.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    739

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.2

  Mean Income                                                    13,104

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.7

  Mean Income                                                    25,684

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,913

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    305

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    111

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.7

  Farming (%)                                                       8.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





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