Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Ashland borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,824

Household (median)                                               17,782

Family (median)                                                  22,072

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,640

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,240





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 59

  Elementary or High School                                         595

  College                                                            80



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.9

  High school grad (%)                                             67.1

  College grad (%)                                                  9.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,484

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    13,421

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,983

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,345

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    700

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    284

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.0

  Service (%)                                                      16.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        33.4





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