Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Wayne township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,831

Household (median)                                               34,835

Family (median)                                                  38,180

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,537

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,825





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                15.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            68.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 89

  Elementary or High School                                         645

  College                                                            78



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.5

  High school grad (%)                                             69.5

  College grad (%)                                                 13.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,976

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    15,465

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.8

  Mean Income                                                    31,985

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.3

  Mean Income                                                    47,626

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    885

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    352

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.9

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.2

  Labor (%)                                                        28.1





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