Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Mount Carbon borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,575

Household (median)                                               27,500

Family (median)                                                  32,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,603

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          45,219





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                35.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          25

  College                                                             0



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.6

  High school grad (%)                                             71.4

  College grad (%)                                                 16.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     66

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           43.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                  9.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 3.1

  Mean Income                                                    41,708

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                 6.3

  Mean Income                                                    10,844

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            90.6

  Mean Income                                                    33,828

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     34

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     12

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.4

  Service (%)                                                       3.0

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        25.8





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