Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Schuylkill
Municipality: Frackville borough
INCOME
Per Capita 10,699
Household (median) 22,176
Family (median) 26,735
Married couple families (mean) 34,350
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 14,855
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 11.4
Families w/children in poverty (%) 69.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 38.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 13.8
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 14.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 70.7
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 18.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 82
Elementary or High School 657
College 172
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 30.9
High school grad (%) 69.1
College grad (%) 14.2
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,824
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 22.8
Employed in service industry (%) 20.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 7.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 24.0
Mean Income 16,474
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 26.1
Mean Income 22,761
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 50.0
Mean Income 42,391
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 881
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 339
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.9
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 18.8
Sales and suppport (%) 25.4
Service (%) 13.4
Farming (%) 0.6
Craft and Repair (%) 16.1
Labor (%) 25.7
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