Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lackawana

Municipality: North Abington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       27,074

Household (median)                                               49,896

Family (median)                                                  51,832

  Married couple families (mean)                                 93,996

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,600





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         151

  College                                                            39



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               8.6

  High school grad (%)                                             91.4

  College grad (%)                                                 54.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    322

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 45.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.0

  Mean Income                                                    41,998

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.2

  Mean Income                                                   114,579

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.8

  Mean Income                                                    82,002

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    129

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     61

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   52.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       3.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.1

  Labor (%)                                                         3.4





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