Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: East Allen township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,548

Household (median)                                               42,391

Family (median)                                                  46,393

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,338

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          36,411





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                105

  Elementary or High School                                         748

  College                                                           157



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.1

  High school grad (%)                                             79.9

  College grad (%)                                                 24.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,477

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,043

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.9

  Mean Income                                                    37,530

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            72.6

  Mean Income                                                    53,998

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,109

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    446

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.5

  Service (%)                                                       8.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.9

  Labor (%)                                                        17.3





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