Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Orange township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,488

Household (median)                                               29,934

Family (median)                                                  33,958

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,437

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,107





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.4

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         185

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.0

  High school grad (%)                                             81.0

  College grad (%)                                                 22.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    499

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.6

  Mean Income                                                    15,069

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    31,839

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

  Mean Income                                                    42,664

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    224

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    104

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.9

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        16.0





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