Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Upper Mahantongo township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,934

Household (median)                                               21,739

Family (median)                                                  26,765

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,254

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,712





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         139

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              45.1

  High school grad (%)                                             54.9

  College grad (%)                                                  8.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    291

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 13.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                    15,823

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.8

  Mean Income                                                    30,190

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.6

  Mean Income                                                    35,561

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    124

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     68

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                      12.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.2

  Labor (%)                                                        34.4





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