Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Schuylkill
Municipality: Coaldale borough
INCOME
Per Capita 9,529
Household (median) 17,600
Family (median) 24,115
Married couple families (mean) 27,534
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 9,046
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 8.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 78.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 74.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 12.8
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 7.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 74.1
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 26.3
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 45
Elementary or High School 341
College 79
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 32.6
High school grad (%) 67.4
College grad (%) 12.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 840
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 36.8
Employed in service industry (%) 28.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 29.4
Mean Income 15,471
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 34.3
Mean Income 24,446
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 36.3
Mean Income 33,336
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 357
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 117
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.3
Sales and suppport (%) 22.4
Service (%) 11.8
Farming (%) 0.7
Craft and Repair (%) 11.9
Labor (%) 36.0
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