Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Tatamy borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,111

Household (median)                                               37,500

Family (median)                                                  40,357

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,833

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,397





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                40.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         125

  College                                                            32



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 17.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    450

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           42.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.9

  Mean Income                                                    23,239

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.0

  Mean Income                                                    31,338

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.1

  Mean Income                                                    49,806

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    221

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     71

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        28.2





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