Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Orwigsburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,900

Household (median)                                               28,977

Family (median)                                                  39,219

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,709

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,959





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            83.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.4

  Black                                                            61.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         452

  College                                                           131



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.7

  High school grad (%)                                             80.3

  College grad (%)                                                 27.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,442

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,166

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,126

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.1

  Mean Income                                                    47,261

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    709

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    263

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.9

  Labor (%)                                                        29.3





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