Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Zerbe township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,880

Household (median)                                               21,370

Family (median)                                                  26,891

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,842

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,504





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                58.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         304

  College                                                            63



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.5

  High school grad (%)                                             62.5

  College grad (%)                                                  8.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    840

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                    16,507

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,061

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,501

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    396

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    165

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.1

  Service (%)                                                      13.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.5

  Labor (%)                                                        30.2





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