Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Lower Augusta township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,140

Household (median)                                               25,062

Family (median)                                                  30,089

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,368

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,500





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            95.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         228

  College                                                             2



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.0

  High school grad (%)                                             69.0

  College grad (%)                                                  8.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    459

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,224

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,444

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

  Mean Income                                                    37,056

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    195

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     85

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       4.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        31.6





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