Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: West Chillisquaque township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,280

Household (median)                                               25,125

Family (median)                                                  29,688

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,324

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,169





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 79

  Elementary or High School                                         487

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.7

  High school grad (%)                                             70.3

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,687

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.5

  Mean Income                                                    16,451

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.4

  Mean Income                                                    21,444

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,645

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    804

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    331

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.6

  Labor (%)                                                        35.3





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