Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Hellertown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,662

Household (median)                                               31,531

Family (median)                                                  36,768

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,188

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,527





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.7

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 83

  Elementary or High School                                         757

  College                                                           185



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.2

  High school grad (%)                                             71.8

  College grad (%)                                                 17.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,620

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,503

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.2

  Mean Income                                                    35,661

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.7

  Mean Income                                                    47,523

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,250

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    433

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.2

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        20.8





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