Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Mahanoy township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,210

Household (median)                                               20,595

Family (median)                                                  26,111

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,060

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,959





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            14.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         206

  College                                                            25



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.8

  High school grad (%)                                             65.2

  College grad (%)                                                  9.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    457

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,550

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    26,533

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.5

  Mean Income                                                    36,309

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    213

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     82

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.1

  Service (%)                                                       8.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.4

  Labor (%)                                                        33.3





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