Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Freemansburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,565

Household (median)                                               20,388

Family (median)                                                  33,203

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,877

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          50,058





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                             8.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 19

  Elementary or High School                                         277

  College                                                            75



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              47.2

  High school grad (%)                                             52.8

  College grad (%)                                                  8.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    840

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,345

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                    31,130

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.9

  Mean Income                                                    43,563

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    401

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    155

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.9

  Service (%)                                                      19.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        29.0





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