Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: McAdoo borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,319

Household (median)                                               20,884

Family (median)                                                  27,589

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,688

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          29,798





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         292

  College                                                            51



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.0

  High school grad (%)                                             66.0

  College grad (%)                                                 10.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,076

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.0

  Mean Income                                                    15,218

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,881

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.4

  Mean Income                                                    39,076

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    537

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    143

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.2

  Labor (%)                                                        28.3





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