Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Pine Grove borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,543

Household (median)                                               24,693

Family (median)                                                  29,970

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,537

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,121





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         322

  College                                                            43



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.8

  High school grad (%)                                             70.2

  College grad (%)                                                 15.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    987

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,049

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,898

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,210

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    451

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    202

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.9

  Service (%)                                                      12.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        32.4





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