Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Monroe township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,257

Household (median)                                               32,474

Family (median)                                                  36,706

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,778

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,561





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            27.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 46

  Elementary or High School                                         684

  College                                                           116



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.2

  High school grad (%)                                             79.8

  College grad (%)                                                 21.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,147

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.6

  Mean Income                                                    18,095

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    43,199

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.8

  Mean Income                                                    47,345

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    964

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    432

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.4

  Service (%)                                                      16.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.9

  Labor (%)                                                        19.9





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