Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Palo Alto borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,080

Household (median)                                               24,914

Family (median)                                                  29,145

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,211

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,168





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.2

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         199

  College                                                            37



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.7

  High school grad (%)                                             62.3

  College grad (%)                                                  4.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    565

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           42.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.1

  Mean Income                                                    15,536

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,982

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.6

  Mean Income                                                    35,707

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    267

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    111

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.0

  Service (%)                                                      14.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.0

  Labor (%)                                                        36.3





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