Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Sugarloaf township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,337

Household (median)                                               21,713

Family (median)                                                  26,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,781

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,316





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                28.6

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         113

  College                                                            12



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.6

  High school grad (%)                                             72.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    287

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,777

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.4

  Mean Income                                                    28,026

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.8

  Mean Income                                                    35,443

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    136

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     37

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       7.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        36.2





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