Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Branch township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,476

Household (median)                                               27,571

Family (median)                                                  32,963

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,283

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,968





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            74.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         317

  College                                                            73



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.6

  High school grad (%)                                             72.4

  College grad (%)                                                 14.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    923

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,797

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,809

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.8

  Mean Income                                                    42,582

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    417

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    196

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        25.5





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