Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: East Bangor borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,244

Household (median)                                               27,875

Family (median)                                                  30,268

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,807

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,758





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                91.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            77.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       75.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 29

  Elementary or High School                                         165

  College                                                            41



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.7

  High school grad (%)                                             63.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    498

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.8

  Mean Income                                                    12,485

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.1

  Mean Income                                                    24,700

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.1

  Mean Income                                                    49,091

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    245

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.3

  Service (%)                                                      16.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.4

  Labor (%)                                                        36.7





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