Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Schuylkill Haven borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,902

Household (median)                                               25,060

Family (median)                                                  32,047

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,764

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,515





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 60

  Elementary or High School                                         909

  College                                                           140



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.1

  High school grad (%)                                             69.9

  College grad (%)                                                 15.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,633

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           39.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.0

  Mean Income                                                    14,101

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.9

  Mean Income                                                    26,957

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,210

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,291

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    429

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.4

  Labor (%)                                                        32.8





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