Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Cass township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,397

Household (median)                                               20,285

Family (median)                                                  26,087

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,884

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,596





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         275

  College                                                            53



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.5

  High school grad (%)                                             60.5

  College grad (%)                                                  6.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    795

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.4

  Mean Income                                                    15,029

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,152

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            44.1

  Mean Income                                                    39,136

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    338

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    116

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.6

  Labor (%)                                                        35.7





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