Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Eldred township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,242

Household (median)                                               25,833

Family (median)                                                  28,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,444

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,780





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         116

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.8

  High school grad (%)                                             60.2

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    304

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,608

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.0

  Mean Income                                                    26,214

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.6

  Mean Income                                                    42,397

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    105

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     49

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           14.8

  Service (%)                                                       7.9

  Farming (%)                                                      20.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.1

  Labor (%)                                                        23.4





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