Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Schuylkill
Municipality: Shenandoah borough
INCOME
Per Capita 8,795
Household (median) 13,472
Family (median) 21,733
Married couple families (mean) 27,600
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 11,823
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 16.7
Families w/children in poverty (%) 69.7
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 71.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 20.6
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 19.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 62.1
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 36.3
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 59
Elementary or High School 715
College 170
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 34.0
High school grad (%) 66.0
College grad (%) 7.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 2,083
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 31.1
Employed in service industry (%) 21.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 9.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 28.3
Mean Income 14,769
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 30.6
Mean Income 22,448
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 41.1
Mean Income 32,602
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 1,001
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 333
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.7
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 12.7
Sales and suppport (%) 22.8
Service (%) 14.9
Farming (%) 0.3
Craft and Repair (%) 16.0
Labor (%) 33.3
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