Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Watsontown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,894

Household (median)                                               24,239

Family (median)                                                  33,333

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,658

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,214





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.9

  Black                                                            36.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         277

  College                                                            90



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.8

  High school grad (%)                                             74.2

  College grad (%)                                                 18.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,095

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                    20,066

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,201

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.5

  Mean Income                                                    42,068

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    574

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    207

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.7

  Service (%)                                                      19.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.2

  Labor (%)                                                        33.7





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