Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: St. Thomas township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,587

Household (median)                                               30,424

Family (median)                                                  32,080

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,220

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,552





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            28.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 84

  Elementary or High School                                       1,166

  College                                                           194



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.8

  High school grad (%)                                             66.2

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,945

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,511

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    23,785

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.2

  Mean Income                                                    43,598

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,327

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    586

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.1

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                       6.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.3

  Labor (%)                                                        23.5





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