Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Milton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,844

Household (median)                                               25,475

Family (median)                                                  31,484

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,134

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,419





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.4

  Black                                                             2.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            46.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 74

  Elementary or High School                                       1,088

  College                                                           213



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.6

  High school grad (%)                                             71.4

  College grad (%)                                                 11.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,048

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.2

  Mean Income                                                    18,696

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    26,904

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,971

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,540

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    670

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.0

  Service (%)                                                      18.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.3

  Labor (%)                                                        28.3





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