Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: North Newton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,883

Household (median)                                               33,194

Family (median)                                                  35,388

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,542

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,419





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                63.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         290

  College                                                            40



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.4

  High school grad (%)                                             68.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    972

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,520

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    31,863

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.8

  Mean Income                                                    41,793

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    409

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    164

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.5

  Farming (%)                                                       6.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.5

  Labor (%)                                                        26.2





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