Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Butler township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,547

Household (median)                                               28,292

Family (median)                                                  35,156

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,224

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,879





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 76

  Elementary or High School                                         664

  College                                                           169



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.5

  High school grad (%)                                             73.5

  College grad (%)                                                 13.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,764

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,382

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,064

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.6

  Mean Income                                                    48,140

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    716

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    301

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.7

  Service (%)                                                      15.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        25.6





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