Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Portland borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,568

Household (median)                                               28,438

Family (median)                                                  35,833

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,335

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          59

  College                                                             2



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.7

  High school grad (%)                                             72.3

  College grad (%)                                                 14.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    270

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 37.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,141

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,733

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.5

  Mean Income                                                    47,433

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    125

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     36

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        23.3





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