Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Point township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,775

Household (median)                                               29,542

Family (median)                                                  32,335

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,627

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,477





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                                                             1.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         526

  College                                                            72



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.0

  High school grad (%)                                             76.0

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,797

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,891

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    27,367

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.5

  Mean Income                                                    43,489

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    835

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    307

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.0

  Service (%)                                                      17.6

  Farming (%)                                                       4.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        24.4





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