Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: West Brunswick township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,607

Household (median)                                               34,475

Family (median)                                                  38,036

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,463

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,499





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 50

  Elementary or High School                                         558

  College                                                           120



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.4

  High school grad (%)                                             79.6

  College grad (%)                                                 29.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,815

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    28,852

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.5

  Mean Income                                                    51,475

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.8

  Mean Income                                                    47,430

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    792

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    315

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.9

  Service (%)                                                       7.4

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        23.9





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