Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Burnham borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,716

Household (median)                                               22,703

Family (median)                                                  30,043

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,502

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,734





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 39

  Elementary or High School                                         307

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.1

  High school grad (%)                                             72.9

  College grad (%)                                                 10.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,025

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,509

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,467

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,342

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    488

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    213

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.3

  Service (%)                                                      14.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.8

  Labor (%)                                                        32.4





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