Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Pike

Municipality: Shohola township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,496

Household (median)                                               32,125

Family (median)                                                  35,947

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,437

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,791





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 40

  Elementary or High School                                         190

  College                                                            33



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              16.5

  High school grad (%)                                             83.5

  College grad (%)                                                 17.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    704

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.4

  Mean Income                                                    20,650

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    39,922

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.3

  Mean Income                                                    46,309

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    325

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    105

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.6

  Labor (%)                                                        12.8





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