Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Monroe township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,554

Household (median)                                               41,426

Family (median)                                                  45,493

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,756

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,347





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            31.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                119

  Elementary or High School                                       1,034

  College                                                           319



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.8

  High school grad (%)                                             87.2

  College grad (%)                                                 31.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,116

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.1

  Mean Income                                                    20,763

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    36,782

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.5

  Mean Income                                                    56,312

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,438

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    584

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.0

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.1

  Labor (%)                                                        17.2





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