Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Lower Saucon township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,317

Household (median)                                               40,012

Family (median)                                                  43,957

  Married couple families (mean)                                 62,951

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,283





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.6

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            30.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                170

  Elementary or High School                                       1,342

  College                                                           519



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.9

  High school grad (%)                                             75.1

  College grad (%)                                                 32.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,046

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,449

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    55,360

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.6

  Mean Income                                                    70,669

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,863

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    652

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        13.1





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