Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Palmer township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,348

Household (median)                                               40,231

Family (median)                                                  44,219

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,995

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          28,419





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            16.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.7

  Black                                                            23.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                377

  Elementary or High School                                       2,206

  College                                                           703



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.4

  High school grad (%)                                             80.6

  College grad (%)                                                 29.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,183

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,115

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    47,724

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.1

  Mean Income                                                    60,519

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,256

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,177

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   32.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.4

  Labor (%)                                                        12.7





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