Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: St. Clair borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,693

Household (median)                                               19,440

Family (median)                                                  24,953

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,919

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,332





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            83.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  7

  Elementary or High School                                         419

  College                                                           106



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.3

  High school grad (%)                                             62.7

  College grad (%)                                                  8.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,446

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,454

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.8

  Mean Income                                                    21,369

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.3

  Mean Income                                                    35,509

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    660

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    231

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.3

  Service (%)                                                      13.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  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