Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Hegins township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,667

Household (median)                                               25,699

Family (median)                                                  31,236

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,984

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                40.6

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.2

  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 (%)                            67.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 41

  Elementary or High School                                         551

  College                                                            57



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.9

  High school grad (%)                                             65.1

  College grad (%)                                                 12.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,737

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.8

  Mean Income                                                    17,043

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                18.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,144

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.2

  Mean Income                                                    41,085

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    771

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    333

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.9

  Farming (%)                                                       3.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        38.7





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