Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Wilson borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,269

Household (median)                                               30,011

Family (median)                                                  36,380

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,374

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,884





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            42.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                168

  Elementary or High School                                       1,175

  College                                                           251



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.9

  High school grad (%)                                             75.1

  College grad (%)                                                 16.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,710

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.4

  Mean Income                                                    28,272

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,113

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.7

  Mean Income                                                    45,606

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,797

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    641

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.0

  Labor (%)                                                        24.0





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