Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Selinsgrove borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,634

Household (median)                                               23,790

Family (median)                                                  31,118

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,274

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,056





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            80.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         529

  College                                                         1,493



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.5

  High school grad (%)                                             73.5

  College grad (%)                                                 27.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,385

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 42.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,209

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.7

  Mean Income                                                    26,685

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.5

  Mean Income                                                    45,148

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,269

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    303

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.5

  Service (%)                                                      17.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.1

  Labor (%)                                                        17.6





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