Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Forks township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,708

Household (median)                                               44,959

Family (median)                                                  49,288

  Married couple families (mean)                                 51,592

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          30,529





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                39.1

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                180

  Elementary or High School                                       1,006

  College                                                           282



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.7

  High school grad (%)                                             84.3

  College grad (%)                                                 32.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,945

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.1

  Mean Income                                                    28,526

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    44,361

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.7

  Mean Income                                                    55,483

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,302

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    517

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   32.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           32.2

  Service (%)                                                       7.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        13.5





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