Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Blythe township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,705

Household (median)                                               24,130

Family (median)                                                  28,289

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,644

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,913





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.7

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         137

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.8

  High school grad (%)                                             67.2

  College grad (%)                                                  9.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    452

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,169

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.5

  Mean Income                                                    23,592

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.2

  Mean Income                                                    38,971

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    214

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     77

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.5

  Labor (%)                                                        37.6





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