Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Schuylkill
Municipality: West Mahanoy township
INCOME
Per Capita 10,636
Household (median) 19,279
Family (median) 25,855
Married couple families (mean) 39,762
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 17,318
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 12.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 33.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 81.4
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 15.9
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 18.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 42.2
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 16.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 41
Elementary or High School 611
College 339
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 32.5
High school grad (%) 67.5
College grad (%) 10.3
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,308
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 25.8
Employed in service industry (%) 30.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 8.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 22.0
Mean Income 13,471
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 30.4
Mean Income 26,159
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 47.7
Mean Income 52,506
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 628
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 255
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.4
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.4
Sales and suppport (%) 25.4
Service (%) 13.7
Farming (%) 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 15.2
Labor (%) 28.4
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