Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Upper Nazareth township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,852

Household (median)                                               33,036

Family (median)                                                  38,924

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,189

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,880





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            29.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         383

  College                                                           129



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              45.3

  High school grad (%)                                             54.7

  College grad (%)                                                 11.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,369

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.2

  Mean Income                                                    19,274

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    33,759

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.0

  Mean Income                                                    48,383

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    693

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    229

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.9

  Labor (%)                                                        21.3





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