Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Lower Nazareth township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,466

Household (median)                                               48,942

Family (median)                                                  51,943

  Married couple families (mean)                                 55,164

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          29,562





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.1

  Black                                                            54.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  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 (%)                                  2.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                126

  Elementary or High School                                         922

  College                                                           255



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.1

  High school grad (%)                                             79.9

  College grad (%)                                                 34.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,395

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.4

  Mean Income                                                    17,563

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.2

  Mean Income                                                    43,866

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.4

  Mean Income                                                    61,438

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,046

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    478

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.2

  Labor (%)                                                        15.7





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