Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Newton Hamilton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,936

Household (median)                                               19,444

Family (median)                                                  21,406

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,935

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,790





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                22.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                          52

  College                                                             0



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.6

  High school grad (%)                                             63.4

  College grad (%)                                                  7.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    119

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 10.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,118

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.2

  Mean Income                                                    16,970

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,274

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     57

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     33

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    6.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       3.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.3

  Labor (%)                                                        41.2





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