Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Spring township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,887

Household (median)                                               25,042

Family (median)                                                  29,191

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,436

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,159





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         256

  College                                                            51



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.8

  High school grad (%)                                             64.2

  College grad (%)                                                 10.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    739

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           48.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,061

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.8

  Mean Income                                                    32,593

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.3

  Mean Income                                                    38,293

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    318

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    131

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           17.1

  Service (%)                                                      11.9

  Farming (%)                                                       6.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        40.3





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