Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Pike

Municipality: Matamoras borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,909

Household (median)                                               28,958

Family (median)                                                  32,214

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,653

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,307





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            41.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         274

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.1

  High school grad (%)                                             77.9

  College grad (%)                                                 18.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    849

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.0

  Mean Income                                                    17,567

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.6

  Mean Income                                                    29,088

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.4

  Mean Income                                                    49,088

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    425

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    136

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.2

  Service (%)                                                      19.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.8

  Labor (%)                                                        16.5





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