Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Moore township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,404

Household (median)                                               38,960

Family (median)                                                  43,269

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,147

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,499





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            24.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 95

  Elementary or High School                                       1,533

  College                                                           300



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,411

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.5

  Mean Income                                                    19,842

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.0

  Mean Income                                                    35,272

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.4

  Mean Income                                                    56,207

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,042

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    845

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.6

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.5

  Labor (%)                                                        23.5





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