Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Gilberton borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,557

Household (median)                                               16,992

Family (median)                                                  23,920

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,863

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,853





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            19.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            83.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         137

  College                                                            20



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.1

  High school grad (%)                                             68.9

  College grad (%)                                                  8.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    330

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    14,908

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,242

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,766

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    153

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     42

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        32.4





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