Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Foster township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,104

Household (median)                                               16,500

Family (median)                                                  28,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,381

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,555





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          37

  College                                                            10



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.1

  High school grad (%)                                             60.9

  College grad (%)                                                 11.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    103

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                36.1

  Mean Income                                                    13,111

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    26,929

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            37.5

  Mean Income                                                    41,208

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     54

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     21

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.3

  Service (%)                                                       9.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.6

  Labor (%)                                                        32.0





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