Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northampton

Municipality: Wind Gap borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,169

Household (median)                                               28,393

Family (median)                                                  33,462

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,013

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,698





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            58.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.4

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 60

  Elementary or High School                                         391

  College                                                           138



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,391

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    18,912

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    26,505

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.0

  Mean Income                                                    47,017

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    692

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    250

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.0

  Service (%)                                                       7.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        26.0





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