Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Walker township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,431

Household (median)                                               29,432

Family (median)                                                  32,813

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,420

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,832





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         175

  College                                                            35



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    460

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.0

  Mean Income                                                    18,157

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.6

  Mean Income                                                    33,660

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.4

  Mean Income                                                    44,433

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    197

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     83

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       7.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.0

  Labor (%)                                                        26.5





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