Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Snydertown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,305

Household (median)                                               29,063

Family (median)                                                  32,143

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,009

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          51,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          93

  College                                                             8



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.6

  High school grad (%)                                             73.4

  College grad (%)                                                  9.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    165

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,573

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.3

  Mean Income                                                    30,551

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,244

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     71

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     32

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.5

  Farming (%)                                                      10.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





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