Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Auburn borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,993

Household (median)                                               28,500

Family (median)                                                  32,404

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,467

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,778





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            62.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         159

  College                                                            20



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.0

  High school grad (%)                                             62.0

  College grad (%)                                                  9.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    421

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           56.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,979

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    27,446

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.3

  Mean Income                                                    41,115

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    201

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     98

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.3

  Labor (%)                                                        44.4





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