Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Herndon borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,613

Household (median)                                               23,750

Family (median)                                                  30,568

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,087

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,333





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.7

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          76

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.2

  High school grad (%)                                             66.8

  College grad (%)                                                 11.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    196

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,228

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.6

  Mean Income                                                    27,279

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.9

  Mean Income                                                    38,942

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     93

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     35

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.8

  Labor (%)                                                        33.7





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