Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Cressona borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,983

Household (median)                                               27,478

Family (median)                                                  31,806

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,082

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,580





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         253

  College                                                            56



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.1

  High school grad (%)                                             74.9

  College grad (%)                                                 14.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    815

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           45.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,562

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,384

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.9

  Mean Income                                                    44,603

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    389

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    137

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  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