Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Tower City borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,077

Household (median)                                               24,562

Family (median)                                                  28,555

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,552

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,230





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            61.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 35

  Elementary or High School                                         212

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.5

  High school grad (%)                                             67.5

  College grad (%)                                                  9.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    661

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,875

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.2

  Mean Income                                                    29,013

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.9

  Mean Income                                                    40,170

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    310

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    121

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.6

  Labor (%)                                                        31.0





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