Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Schuylkill township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,133

Household (median)                                               22,802

Family (median)                                                  30,040

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,236

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,968





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                28.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         172

  College                                                            39



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              39.9

  High school grad (%)                                             60.1

  College grad (%)                                                 10.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    495

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,190

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.3

  Mean Income                                                    28,592

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

  Mean Income                                                    42,944

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    236

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     87

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.4

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        34.3





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