Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: East Brunswick township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,586

Household (median)                                               28,920

Family (median)                                                  32,917

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,704

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,521





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         278

  College                                                            40



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.5

  High school grad (%)                                             68.5

  College grad (%)                                                 14.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    731

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.0

  Mean Income                                                    20,728

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                17.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,693

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.8

  Mean Income                                                    46,051

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    343

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    133

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       9.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.8

  Labor (%)                                                        31.2





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