Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: South Manheim township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,612

Household (median)                                               33,710

Family (median)                                                  38,676

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,171

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,884





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         261

  College                                                            50



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.9

  High school grad (%)                                             77.1

  College grad (%)                                                 19.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    749

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,098

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,091

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.1

  Mean Income                                                    53,610

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    329

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    120

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.2

  Service (%)                                                       8.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.5

  Labor (%)                                                        31.1





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