Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Pike

Municipality: Palmyra township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,980

Household (median)                                               26,125

Family (median)                                                  28,897

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,966

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          35,307





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       57.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 49

  Elementary or High School                                         271

  College                                                            87



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.4

  High school grad (%)                                             80.6

  College grad (%)                                                 23.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    850

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,789

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.6

  Mean Income                                                    31,889

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.3

  Mean Income                                                    46,760

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    428

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    160

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      19.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.5

  Labor (%)                                                        11.3





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