Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Tremont borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,448

Household (median)                                               23,472

Family (median)                                                  27,108

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,113

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,738





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         287

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.2

  High school grad (%)                                             61.8

  College grad (%)                                                  8.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    754

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,108

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    24,790

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,256

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    341

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    161

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.2

  Service (%)                                                      13.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.0

  Labor (%)                                                        34.0





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