Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Williamstown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,307

Household (median)                                               22,321

Family (median)                                                  27,303

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,968

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,591





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            88.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         195

  College                                                            64



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.3

  High school grad (%)                                             68.7

  College grad (%)                                                  6.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    651

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           46.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,662

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,165

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,643

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    331

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    109

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.4

  Labor (%)                                                        38.4





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