Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Lower Mahanoy township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,186

Household (median)                                               28,162

Family (median)                                                  30,459

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,118

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,970





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         278

  College                                                            32



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.4

  High school grad (%)                                             73.6

  College grad (%)                                                 12.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    816

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,133

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,304

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.7

  Mean Income                                                    40,318

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    359

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    152

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.2

  Farming (%)                                                       4.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        35.5





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