Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Mechanicsville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,314

Household (median)                                               23,409

Family (median)                                                  33,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,102

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,026





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                          90

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.9

  High school grad (%)                                             70.1

  College grad (%)                                                 13.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    227

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.7

  Mean Income                                                    14,787

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,626

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.6

  Mean Income                                                    48,529

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    109

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     34

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.9

  Service (%)                                                      15.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.3

  Labor (%)                                                        25.6





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