Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Porter township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,605

Household (median)                                               25,967

Family (median)                                                  30,078

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,744

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,006





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            52.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            74.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                         453

  College                                                            55



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.3

  High school grad (%)                                             67.7

  College grad (%)                                                  8.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,224

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           45.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 13.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.7

  Mean Income                                                    15,825

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.0

  Mean Income                                                    57,248

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,794

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    521

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    258

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           14.4

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.4

  Labor (%)                                                        44.9





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