Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Lehigh township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,529

Household (median)                                               34,784

Family (median)                                                  37,976

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,253

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,609





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  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 (%)                            58.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                138

  Elementary or High School                                       1,628

  College                                                           432



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 15.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,609

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,259

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.9

  Mean Income                                                    39,909

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.4

  Mean Income                                                    52,015

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,120

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    840

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        25.1





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