Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Sykesville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,348

Household (median)                                               18,162

Family (median)                                                  23,992

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,222

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,260





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            17.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.2

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            89.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 40.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         227

  College                                                            48



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.8

  High school grad (%)                                             67.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    474

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,984

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,201

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.9

  Mean Income                                                    34,244

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    229

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     97

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  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