Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Barry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,290

Household (median)                                               24,226

Family (median)                                                  27,167

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,514

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                45.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         146

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.7

  High school grad (%)                                             62.3

  College grad (%)                                                 10.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    408

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.3

  Mean Income                                                    12,587

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.5

  Mean Income                                                    26,341

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,559

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    169

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     53

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                       5.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.6

  Labor (%)                                                        29.7





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