Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Pine Grove township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,981

Household (median)                                               24,291

Family (median)                                                  28,216

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,030

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,275





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            10.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         653

  College                                                           104



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.0

  High school grad (%)                                             64.0

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,826

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,036

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,807

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,574

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    879

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    363

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.7

  Labor (%)                                                        33.0





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