Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Gordon borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,800

Household (median)                                               23,654

Family (median)                                                  27,969

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,844

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,401





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.4

  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 (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                         113

  College                                                            27



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.2

  High school grad (%)                                             77.8

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    362

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.2

  Mean Income                                                    13,935

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    26,713

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.0

  Mean Income                                                    43,555

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    191

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     74

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.3

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.0

  Labor (%)                                                        28.5





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