Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Chapman borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,588

Household (median)                                               36,875

Family (median)                                                  39,375

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,439

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,175





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.0

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          59

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.0

  High school grad (%)                                             68.0

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    117

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.3

  Mean Income                                                    16,317

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.6

  Mean Income                                                    39,071

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.1

  Mean Income                                                    51,047

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     47

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     18

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   29.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           14.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.5

  Labor (%)                                                        24.8





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