Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: New Castle township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,029

Household (median)                                               20,875

Family (median)                                                  22,639

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,150

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,703





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                          64

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.4

  High school grad (%)                                             58.6

  College grad (%)                                                  6.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    218

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           41.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.9

  Mean Income                                                    13,911

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.8

  Mean Income                                                    19,248

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,893

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    104

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     34

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.8

  Labor (%)                                                        44.0





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