Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Kline township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,841

Household (median)                                               23,413

Family (median)                                                  28,276

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,958

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,565





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                67.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         237

  College                                                            45



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.9

  High school grad (%)                                             67.1

  College grad (%)                                                 10.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    755

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.4

  Mean Income                                                    14,829

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.4

  Mean Income                                                    25,274

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.2

  Mean Income                                                    42,108

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    340

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    114

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.9

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        37.7





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