Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Beavertown borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,000

Household (median)                                               26,042

Family (median)                                                  30,469

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,606

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,361





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.3

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         124

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.0

  High school grad (%)                                             65.0

  College grad (%)                                                 11.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    422

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           46.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.4

  Mean Income                                                    15,674

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    30,869

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.0

  Mean Income                                                    38,620

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    199

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     79

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.5

  Service (%)                                                       5.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        37.0





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