Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lackawana

Municipality: Abington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       34,004

Household (median)                                               55,000

Family (median)                                                  64,522

  Married couple families (mean)                                113,034

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          32,050





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             0.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 44

  Elementary or High School                                         257

  College                                                            94



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               4.8

  High school grad (%)                                             95.2

  College grad (%)                                                 62.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    743

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.0

  Mean Income                                                    45,508

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.3

  Mean Income                                                    95,840

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.7

  Mean Income                                                   119,501

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    305

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    122

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   52.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.7

  Service (%)                                                       6.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.5

  Labor (%)                                                         4.0





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