Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Scott township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,282

Household (median)                                               31,023

Family (median)                                                  34,782

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,347

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,637





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 71

  Elementary or High School                                         670

  College                                                           231



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.2

  High school grad (%)                                             81.8

  College grad (%)                                                 27.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,218

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,058

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                18.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,495

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.5

  Mean Income                                                    46,219

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,034

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    376

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        16.8





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