Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Middleport borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,717

Household (median)                                               21,154

Family (median)                                                  29,464

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,056

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,926





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                52.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            70.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          50

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              43.4

  High school grad (%)                                             56.6

  College grad (%)                                                  3.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    202

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           51.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                  7.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    13,906

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,744

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,999

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     78

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     37

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    5.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.3

  Service (%)                                                       3.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.3

  Labor (%)                                                        54.5





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