Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Ringtown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,468

Household (median)                                               26,250

Family (median)                                                  29,417

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,452

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,425





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            70.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         143

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.6

  High school grad (%)                                             78.4

  College grad (%)                                                 14.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    347

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.7

  Mean Income                                                    20,560

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.9

  Mean Income                                                    29,591

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.4

  Mean Income                                                    37,482

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     62

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.2

  Labor (%)                                                        24.8





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