Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Upper Mahanoy township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,675

Household (median)                                               25,750

Family (median)                                                  27,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,477

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          46,923





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            33.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         100

  College                                                            21



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.6

  High school grad (%)                                             70.4

  College grad (%)                                                  9.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    303

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.1

  Mean Income                                                    20,422

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,601

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,901

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    114

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     52

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    6.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           12.5

  Service (%)                                                      12.9

  Farming (%)                                                      26.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        27.1





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